In rugby, and in a few other football games, a dropkick is a kick you make like this: you drop the ball from your hands and kick it the instant it meets the ground, or just as it starts to come up again.

In rugby, and in a few other football games在橄欖球和幾種其他的足球類運動裡，a dropkick「dropkick」 是 a kick一種踢法 you你 make這樣做出來：you你 drop the ball把球從手上放下，from your hands，and而且 kick it在球 the instant一碰到地面的瞬間 it meets the ground就踢它，or或者 just as就在 it starts to come up again球剛開始彈起來的時候。

Players use it to score (a drop goal) or to send the ball a long way down the field. The timing has to be exact — too soon or too late and the kick dies.

Players球員 use it用它 to score得分（a drop goal「落踢得分」）or或 to send the ball把球送 a long way down the field很遠到球場另一端。The timing時機 has to be必須 exact抓得很準——too soon or too late太早或太晚 and而 the kick這一踢 dies就沒用了。

The word is also a verb: you can dropkick the ball. It is ordinary sports English, not fancy.

The word這個字 is also也是 a verb一個動詞：you你 can dropkick the ball可以「dropkick」這顆球。It它 是 ordinary sports English一般的運動英文，not fancy不是什麼花俏的字。

Though actually, wrestling and action films use “dropkick” for a jump-kick with both feet in the air, which is a different move; this entry is the ball-game one.

Though actually不過其實，wrestling and action films摔角和動作片 use "dropkick"把「dropkick」用來指 for a jump-kick一種跳起來的踢法 with both feet in the air雙腳同時在空中的，which而這 是 a different move另一個不同的動作；this entry這個詞條 是指的是 the ball-game one球類運動裡的那個意思。