rugby

rugby
(亦作 rugby football)
noun
  1. [mass noun]a team game played with an oval ball that may be kicked, carried, and passed from hand to hand. Points are scored by grounding the ball behind the opponents' goal line (thereby scoring a try) or by kicking it between the two posts and over the crossbar of the opponents' goal
    英式橄榄球。 参见rugby league和rugby union
  2. The ball may be carried or kicked forwards, but a thrown pass may be made only to the side or rear. A highly physical game, rugby is played chiefly in the UK, France, Australia, and New Zealand
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: named after Rugby School (see Rugby), where the game was first played
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