Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #497
free
任意球；罚球
A free kick or similar restart awarded after a foul
体育比赛中
- 1.
A free transfer.
免费转让。
- 2.
people who are free
自由的人
- 3.
The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
犯规后通常的重新开始比赛的方法,由未犯规队伍从犯规地点重新开始。
自由转会；免费转会；自由人；自由的人；免费转让。；自由的人；犯规后通常的重新开始比赛的方法,由未犯规队伍从犯规地点重新开始。
In use
The free must protect their liberties.
We stand with the free in their struggle for justice.
The free deserve equal opportunities.
the home of the free and the brave
Connections
Collocations
- on a free
- 以免签方式；以自由转会方式
- The striker moved to the club on a free.这名前锋以免签方式转会到了这家俱乐部。
- take a free
- 主罚任意球
- The captain will take the free from the left side.队长将从左侧主罚任意球。
- award a free
- 判给任意球
- The referee awarded a free to the visiting team.裁判判给客队一个任意球。
- win a free
- 赢得任意球
- The winger won a free on the edge of the area.这名边锋在禁区边缘赢得了一个任意球。
- the free
- 自由的人；自由者
- In that society, the free enjoyed more rights than the enslaved.在那个社会中，自由的人比被奴役者享有更多权利。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
free 作名词时指“任意球”或“免费转会”；记住“自由”的 free，犯规后裁判让你自由开球就是任意球。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：体育新闻：转会报道、足球比赛转播或解说、正式或修辞性表达：the free free 作名词时有多个含义：体育语境中可指“自由转会”（多用于转会新闻）或“任意球”（常见于比赛报道/解说）；the free 则指“自由的人们”，多用于正式或修辞性表达。具体含义需根据语境判断。
Grammar Note
通常指获得自由的人们
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with free: tree, three, see, sea, key, agree (all end with the /iː/ sound). Beware of lookalikes like 'fry' /fraɪ/ and 'freight' /freɪt/, which look similar but sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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