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a wicketkeeper
The wicketkeeper caught the ball.
三柱门守门员接住了球。
三柱门守门员；捕手
wicketkeepers — plural of wicketkeeper
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
三柱门守门员；捕手
a player in cricket who stands behind the wicket and tries to catch the ball
The wicketkeeper caught the ball.
三柱门守门员接住了球。
站在击球手三柱门后方、准备接球或截杀击球手的球员。
A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.
The wicketkeeper caught the ball behind the stumps and the crowd cheered.
三柱门守门员在柱后接住了球，观众欢呼起来。
Our team needs a reliable wicketkeeper for the match on Saturday.
我们队周六的比赛需要一名可靠的三柱门守门员。
The coach trained two wicketkeepers during the summer camp.
教练在夏令营期间训练了两名三柱门守门员。
The wicketkeeper caught the ball.
三柱门守门员接住了球。
表示担任某个场上位置时，常用 play as + 位置名词，且通常不加冠词；若强调身份，则可以说 a wicketkeeper。
She played as wicketkeeper for her school team.
她在校队担任三柱门守门员。
The wicketkeeper's gloves are padded.
三柱门守门员的手套是加衬垫的。
Not this
The goalkeeper for the cricket team missed the catch.
Use this
The wicketkeeper for the cricket team missed the catch.
板球中防守三柱门的球员叫 wicketkeeper，不能用 goalkeeper。goalkeeper 仅用于足球等运动。中文"守门员"的宽泛译法会让学习者误用，但英语中不同运动有专属名词。
Not this
He is wicketkeeper of the cricket team.
Use this
He is the wicketkeeper of the cricket team.
wicketkeeper 是可数名词，指特定角色时需加定冠词 the。中文没有冠词，因此学习者容易遗漏，但英语单数可数名词不能单独使用。
Not this
He plays at wicketkeeper for the national team.
Use this
He plays as wicketkeeper for the national team.
表示"担任某个位置"时，固定搭配是 play as，不是 play at。中文"在...打"的介词习惯不能直译为 at。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
兼击球手的三柱门守门员
He is a wicketkeeper-batsman who often opens the batting.
他是一名兼击球手的三柱门守门员，经常担任开场击球手。
三柱门守门员的手套
The wicketkeeper's gloves are specially padded for catching fast balls.
三柱门守门员的手套有特殊衬垫，用于接快速球。
三柱门守门员的接杀
The wicketkeeper's catch finally dismissed the dangerous batsman.
三柱门守门员的接杀终于使这名危险的击球手出局。
三柱门守门员的护腿板
Wicketkeepers wear pads to protect their legs when the ball bounces.
三柱门守门员戴着护腿板，以防球弹起时伤到腿。
Use wicketkeepers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把wicket想成“三柱门”，keeper是“看守者”：想象捕手蹲在三柱门后，紧盯来球一把接住。
语域：neutral 常见场景：板球比赛、体育报道 该词通常用于板球相关语境，属于中性文体，正式和非正式场合均可使用，比较常见于体育报道或规则说明中。
板球术语，指站在三柱门后方接球并尝试使击球手出局的防守球员。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.