goalpost

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst/|/ˈɡɔʊl-/    美 /ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
    — Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.
  2. The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)
  3. A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
    — […] whatever you eat, how much you drink, you know the goalposts keep moving all the time, and it's difficult to be sure that, but I don't think it's harmful, not the amount I drink.

词形变化

goalposts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
jumpers for goalposts move the goalposts

词源

From goal + post.
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