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A quarterback is a position in American football — the player who leads the offense, usually throwing the ball to teammates or deciding the next play. It's often seen as the most important, most watched position on the team.
四分衛（美式足球）
組成Made from "quarter" + "back," related to older football positions named by their distance from the line.
原始詞典資料5 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。
quarterbacknoun/ˈkwɔːtəbak/
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American-footballball-gamesfootballAn offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
- Standing 6-foot-6, 237 pounds, Herbert’s size and arm strength are consistent with a prototypical N.F.L. quarterback, and he led the Ducks to a Pac-12 championship and a victory at the Rose Bowl in January with not much talent at receiver.
- Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans defended Azeez Al-Shaair after the linebacker was ejected from Sunday’s game for throwing a late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. […] “A lot of the quarterbacks in this day and age, they try to take advantage of the rule where they slide late, and they try to get an extra yard. And now you’re a defender, a lot of onus is on the defender, right?”
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historicalAmerican-footballball-gamesfootballAn offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
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historicalball-gamesfootballgamesA position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
quarterbackverb/ˈkwɔːtəbak/
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American-footballball-gamesfootballTo play the position of quarterback.
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To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
- Wayman's major responsibility is to quarterback the team, coordinating business development, project scheduling and management and quality control.
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。