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An all-rounder is a person with many different skills, not a specialist in only one thing. In everyday British English you can say it of a student, a colleague, a friend who can cook, fix a bike, and tell a good story.
An all-rounder is a person with many different skillsall-rounder是一個具備很多不同技能的人 not a specialist in only one thing而不是只專精一件事的專家 In everyday British English you can say it of a student, a colleague在日常英式英文裡,可以用來形容學生、同事 a friend who can cook, fix a bike, and tell a good story或是一個會做菜、會修腳踏車、又很會說故事的朋友
In cricket it has a tighter meaning: a player who is genuinely good at both batting and bowling, not just one. That cricket use is the one you will meet most in sports pages.
In cricket it has a tighter meaning在板球運動裡它的意思比較窄 a player who is genuinely good at both batting and bowling指真的同時擅長打擊和投球的選手 not just one而不是只擅長其中一項 That cricket use is the one you will meet most in sports pages這個板球的用法就是你在體育版最常會看到的
The word feels British; Americans more often say an all-around player, or just that someone is good at many things. It is friendly and a little — you are praising breadth, not saying the person is average at everything.
The word feels British這個字聽起來很英式 Americans more often say an all-around player美國人比較常說an all-around player or just that someone is good at many things或直接說某人很多方面都很擅長 It is friendly and a little admiring這個字給人的感覺是友善又帶點讚賞 you are praising breadth你稱讚的是廣度 not saying the person is average at everything而不是在說這個人每件事都只是普普通通
組成From earlier all-round (“versatile, good at many things”) + -er (“person”). The “versatile person” sense is from 1875.
同家族的字
- all-roundthe adjective this noun is built from
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
all-roundernoun
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A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports.
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ball-gamescricketgamesA player who is skilled in both batting and bowling.
- An all-rounder is a player who can bat and bowl. A genuine all-rounder should be able to make the team on either skill alone. A genuine one is as rare as a punctual Sri Lankan.
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archaicA shirt collar going all round the neck and meeting in front.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。