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

• Based on the body kickoff condition presented in the paper, the expressions for calculating the body kickoff time and kickoff velocity are deduced, which provides a valuable reference for study of the shock injury and shock isolation of human body.
  提出了人体抛离的飞离条件，推导了人体飞离时刻和飞离速度计算公式，为定量研究爆炸冲击振动下人员冲击伤和碰撞伤及人员隔冲问题提供了参考。
• Taking a stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets in neatly pressed uniforms.
  在开始比赛之前我们闲逛了下看到很多穿着整齐的军装的军校学生。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since the kickoff of cross-strait economic cooperation, the Chinese mainland has promulgated a series of favorable policies and measures in attracting investment from Taiwan and has produced positive results.
  自两岸经贸合作开启以来，大陆方面对台商投资采取了一系列优惠措施，对吸引台商投资产生了积极的推动作用，在吸引台湾服务业投资的过程中，同样也可以采取类似的措施。
• Yet the Friday after Thanksgiving, the kickoff to the highest-revenue weeks for stores, is expected to lay bare the increasingly parallel universes of retailing in America, the analysts said.
  不过，分析师们认为，感恩节后的第二天星期五仅仅是各商店接下来几周高营业额的开始，预计将为营业额不断增加的美国零售世界揭开序幕。
• 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。
• Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder are among the stars who will sing at an inauguration kickoff at the Lincoln Memorial, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said on Monday.
  “总统就职委员会”于本周一称，就职仪式启动庆典将于本周日在林肯纪念堂举行，届时来自演艺界的众多明星如波诺、布鲁斯·斯布林顿和史迪威·万德等将登台献唱。
• Tae-Se gained notoriety during the2010 World Cup for his energetic performances and his inability to contain his emotions each time the North Korean national anthem was played prior to kickoff.
  郑大世因为他在2010世界杯上精力充沛的表现，以及每次开球前演奏朝鲜国歌时无法控制自己的情绪而出名。
• They is lining up in position for the kickoff.
  他们正排起阵势准备开球。