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A halfback is a position in sports like American football and rugby - a player who usually lines up behind the front players, often running with the ball, and positioned to help with both attack and defense depending on the sport.
(美式足球/橄欖球)後衛
組成half (partway) + back (a position toward the rear of the field, also seen in "fullback" and "quarterback")
同家族的字
- fullbackshares "back", a rear field position
原始詞典資料8 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。
halfbacknoun/ˈhæfˌbæk/
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Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
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American-footballball-gamesfootballA player who occupies one of these positions.
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ball-gamesfootballgamesA player who occupies one of these positions.
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A player who occupies one of these positions.
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A player who occupies one of these positions.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesA player who occupies one of these positions.
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A person from the northern United States who moves to Florida, but then due to the heat or other issues, moves again to a more temperate climate, primarily the Carolinas.
- Four years ago, Diane got a small inheritance and they became what Paul Klein calls “halfbacks” — people who moved to Florida from the North and have progressed partly back.
- One of my favorite stories of North Carolina’s demographic growth and change is the “halfback.”
halfbackverb/ˈhæfˌbæk/
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To play in the position of halfback.
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。