play cricket
play 后接表示运动的 cricket 时，cricket 前不加冠词。
We play cricket on Sundays.
我们星期天打板球。
板球
crickets — plural of cricket
蟋蟀；蛐蛐；屋顶分水脊；屋面导水板；板球式飞镖；飞镖板球；军用识别器；友军信号器；一种直翅目昆虫,尤其是蟋蟀科,通过摩擦翅膀发出鸣叫声
a sport played with a bat and ball by two teams of eleven players
一种直翅目昆虫,尤其是蟋蟀科,通过摩擦翅膀发出鸣叫声
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
一种在户外进行的球类运动,两队各有十一名球员,流行于英格兰和许多英联邦国家
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
屋顶上用于引导水流的较小区域,通常在屋顶与烟囱、墙壁、伸缩缝或其他突起物的交界处
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
能跳跃的昆虫；雄性通过摩擦前翅发出鸣叫声
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
士兵在敌对区域用于识别友军的信号装置
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
飞镖游戏的一种变体
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
一种由两队各 11 名球员使用球和球棒进行的运动；双方轮流尝试得分
a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
The crickets were chirping in the garden all evening.
花园里的蟋蟀整晚都在鸣叫。
用法提示：“crickets”是“cricket”的复数形式，在句中作名词，指蟋蟀这种会鸣叫的昆虫。
A cricket jumped onto my shoulder while I was sitting in the park.
我在公园里坐着时，一只蟋蟀跳到了我的肩膀上。
用法提示：“a cricket”是名词单数，指一只蟋蟀。
Crickets usually stay hidden during the day and come out at night.
蟋蟀通常白天躲着，晚上才出来。
用法提示：“crickets”是名词复数，泛指蟋蟀这类昆虫。
play 后接表示运动的 cricket 时，cricket 前不加冠词。
We play cricket on Sundays.
我们星期天打板球。
cricket 作定语，直接放在名词 bat 前，表示板球用的。
He bought a cricket bat.
他买了一个板球球拍。
a game of cricket 是表示‘一场板球比赛’的常用说法。
They had a game of cricket in the park.
他们在公园里打了一场板球比赛。
crickets 是复数形式，作主语，后接动词 chirp。
Crickets chirp loudly at night.
蟋蟀在夜里大声鸣叫。
grammar · medium
易错句子My brother likes to play the cricket on Sundays.
正确表达My brother likes to play cricket on Sundays.
表示“板球运动”时 cricket 是不可数名词，泛指这项运动时不加冠词，play 后直接跟运动名称，如 play football、play cricket。加了 the 就成了特指某个具体的球或某只蟋蟀。
grammar · medium
易错句子At night I can hear many cricket singing in the garden.
正确表达At night I can hear many crickets singing in the garden.
表示“蟋蟀”这种昆虫时 cricket 是可数名词，many 后面必须接复数形式 crickets。汉语名词本身没有单复数变化，所以容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子Cricket are my favourite sport.
正确表达Cricket is my favourite sport.
指“板球运动”的 cricket 是不可数名词，作主语时谓语动词要用单数 is。汉语没有主谓一致的要求，学习者容易受“两队比赛”的影响而误用复数 are。
拼写和读音都接近 cricket（/ˈkrɪkət/），容易看错；但 croquet 读 /ˈkroʊkeɪ/，是用木槌击球的草坪游戏，而 cricket 是用球棒击球、两队各十一人的比赛，两者不能互换。
同属用球棒击球的团队球类运动，所以汉语学习者容易归为一类；但 baseball 流行于美国、场地是菱形、防守方戴手套，cricket 流行于英格兰和许多英联邦国家、两队各十一人、有 wickets 和 innings 的结构，指称不同项目时不可替换。
打板球
The children play cricket in the park every Sunday.
孩子们每个星期天都在公园里打板球。
一场板球比赛
We watched a thrilling cricket match on television last night.
昨晚我们在电视上看了一场激动人心的板球比赛。
板球球棒
He polished his cricket bat before the game.
比赛前他擦了擦自己的板球球棒。
蟋蟀的鸣叫声
The only sound in the garden was the chirping of crickets.
花园里唯一的声音就是蟋蟀的鸣叫声。
蟋蟀鸣叫
Crickets chirp loudly on warm summer nights.
在温暖的夏夜，蟋蟀会大声鸣叫。
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crick
与蟋蟀（昆虫义）同属直翅目，也是会跳跃并发出鸣声的昆虫。
与蟋蟀（昆虫义）近缘的鸣虫，常被称为“纺织娘”，外形和习性相似。
另一种以鸣叫声闻名的昆虫，但属于半翅目，与蟋蟀（昆虫义）不同类。
蟋蟀（昆虫义）等昆虫通过摩擦翅膀发出的短促鸣叫声。
蟋蟀（昆虫义）头部细长的感觉器官，用来感知环境。
不合规矩；不光明正大（英式口语，指行为不公平、不体面）
Refusing to shake hands with your opponent is just not cricket.
拒绝和对手握手，这实在不合规矩。
非常快活；兴高采烈
Grandpa is as merry as a cricket whenever the grandchildren come to visit.
每当孙辈们来看望，爷爷就快活极了。
（对提问、消息等）毫无回应，鸦雀无声
I asked the team for an update, but all I got was crickets.
我要求团队给个最新进展，结果得到的只是一片沉默。
板球?没人懂板球。你得先知道什么是烤面饼,才能懂板球。
In the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Raphael teases cricket as a game too strange for outsiders to understand.
在1990年电影《忍者神龟》中,拉斐尔调侃板球是一项外人难以理解的古怪运动。
板球基本上就是吃了镇静剂的棒球。
Comedian Robin Williams is widely credited with this line poking fun at the slow, leisurely pace of cricket compared with baseball.
喜剧演员罗宾·威廉姆斯常被认为是这句话的作者,他借此调侃板球节奏缓慢悠闲,不像棒球那样紧张。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.