kickoff

英 [ˈkɪkˈɒf]

美 [ˈkɪˌkɔf]

n.  （卫星与运载火箭）分离; （足球）开球，（社会集会等）开始

复数：kickoffs　

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COCA.12229

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 kickoff


• N-VAR （足球赛的）开赛
  In football, thekick-offis the time at which a particular game starts.
  1. The kick-off is at 1.30.
     开赛时间是1点30分。
• （橄榄球赛的）开球
  In American football, akickoffis the kick that begins a play, for example at the beginning of a half or after a touchdown or field goal.
• N-SING （事件或活动的）开始，开幕
  Thekick-offof an event or activity is its beginning.
  1. People stood waiting for the kick-off of the parade.
     人们站着等候游行的开始。

英英释义

noun

• (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
• a start given to contestants
  1. I was there with my parents at the kickoff
  Synonym:send-offstart-off
• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningcommencementfirstoutsetget-gostartstarting timeshowtimeoffset

双语例句

• They is lining up in position for the kickoff.
  他们正排起阵势准备开球。
• To kickoff the scheme, boy scouts, girl guides and members of the department's Public Liaison Group were trained as Fire Safety Ambassadors.
  计划的第一步，是将男、女童军和消防处的公众联络小组成员训练成为消防安全大使。
• At the kickoff for the first iteration, the entire team consisted of approximately fifty-five people, including designers, developers, testers, information developers, and customer delivery teams.
  当第一个迭代开始时，整个团队包括大约五十五个人，包括设计人员、开发人员、测试人员、信息开发人员和客户交付团队。
• This was a very aggressive contest, with both sides firing from all barrels from kickoff.
  这是一场野蛮的较量，双方从开始就全线开火。
• In fact, isn't this weekend the season kickoff?
  实际上，这周末不就是球季开始？
• A device that supports a football off the ground preparatory to the kickoff.
  准备踢球时支撑足球离地的装置。
• Organizers are launching this national kickoff day today.
  组织者们今天发起了全国的开幕活动。
• This includes release planning, iteration planning, iteration kickoff, requirements gathering, UAT at the end of an iteration and project retrospectives at the end of each iteration.
  这包括发布计划、迭代计划、迭代kickoff会议、需求收集，每个迭代末尾的UAT（UseraccessenceTest）以及项目回顾。
• Play was stopped ten minutes after the kickoff.
  足球比赛开始十分钟后暂停了。
• The kickoff was a total success.
  事情一开始就大获成功。