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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nuclear power project prophase file refers to the documents produced during the project-licensing, approving, bidding, surveying, design, and construction preparation before project kickoff.
  核电项目前期文件是指核电工程开工以前在立项、审批、招投标、勘察、设计以及工程准备过程中形成的文件。
• When the development team does this small assignment before starting the actual implementation, they get excellent kickoff of their project or development iteration.
  当开发团队在开始实际实现之前完成这个小任务时，他们的项目或开发迭代会获得良好的开局。
• The kickoff was a total success.
  事情一开始就大获成功。
• 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。
• A SDOF model is applied to analyze the body kickoff under blast shock vibration.
  采用单自由度模型研究了爆炸冲击振动下人体抛离问题。
• 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。
• Listen, we may not win this game, but on the next kickoff.
  听着，也许我们赢不了比赛，但下次弃踢。