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play football
英式英语中football指足球，美式英语中多指橄榄球。
The children are playing football in the park.
孩子们正在公园里踢足球。
足球；橄榄球
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足球；橄榄球
a game in which two teams try to get a ball into the opposing team's goal by kicking, carrying, or throwing it
The children are playing football in the park.
孩子们正在公园里踢足球。
英式英语中常指足球，美式英语中常指橄榄球。
用于任何称为“足球”的比赛的球
The ball used in any game called "football".
这些特定游戏的练习或使用的技巧
Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
讨论的话题,尤其是来回讨论的项目
An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
We play football in the park every Saturday.
我们每个星期六都在公园里踢足球。
I like watching football on television with my dad.
我喜欢和爸爸一起看电视上的足球比赛。
Football is the most popular sport in many countries.
足球是许多国家最受欢迎的运动。
英式英语中football指足球，美式英语中多指橄榄球。
The children are playing football in the park.
孩子们正在公园里踢足球。
We watched a football game on TV last night.
我们昨晚在电视上看了一场足球赛。
He is a professional football player.
他是一名职业足球运动员。
当需要明确区分时，使用American football指橄榄球。
In the US, many high school students play American football.
在美国，许多高中生打美式橄榄球。
Not this
I like to play a football after class.
Use this
I like to play football after class.
英语中，表示球类运动时，football 为不可数名词，前面不加冠词 a 或 the。
Not this
We often do football on weekends.
Use this
We often play football on weekends.
表示进行球类运动时，应使用动词 play，而不是 do。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
踢足球
The children are playing football in the park.
孩子们正在公园里踢足球。
足球比赛
We watched a thrilling football match on TV last night.
昨晚我们在电视上看了一场激动人心的足球比赛。
足球运动员
He dreams of becoming a professional football player.
他梦想成为一名职业足球运动员。
美式橄榄球
American football is very popular in the United States.
美式橄榄球在美国非常受欢迎。
足球场
The school has a large football field.
这所学校有一个很大的足球场。
政治足球
The issue of immigration has become a political football.
移民问题成了政治足球。
足球寡妇
During the World Cup, many women become football widows.
世界杯期间，许多女性成了足球寡妇。
橄榄球是英寸之间的较量。
In the movie Any Given Sunday, Al Pacino's character delivers the iconic line: 'Football is a game of inches.'
在电影《挑战星期天》中，阿尔·帕西诺的角色说出了这句经典台词：‘橄榄球是英寸之间的较量。’
足球是一项简单的运动；22个人追着一个球跑90分钟，最后德国人总是赢。
Gary Lineker famously said, 'Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.'
加里·莱因克尔曾有名言：‘足球是一项简单的运动；22个人追着一个球跑90分钟，最后德国人总是赢。’
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用脚踢的球就是足球，记住 foot（脚）+ ball（球）。
Mixed register; contexts: sports. 通常多用于泛指球类运动，但具体指代因地区而异。
All listed words end in '-ball' and are pronounced with the same /bɒːl/ sound as in 'football'. Be careful not to confuse with words ending in '-all' like 'call' (/kɔːl/) or 'fall' (/fɔːl/), which have a different vowel sound.
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