touchdown

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. Canadian,countable,uncountable
    — Today I scored my first touchdown.
  2. A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play. countable,uncountable
  3. A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal). countable,uncountable
    — A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead.
  4. The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing. countable,uncountable
    — The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.
  5. The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground. countable,uncountable
    — The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times.

词形变化

touchdowns plural touch down alternative touch-down alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nontouchdown touchdown dance touchdown pass touchdown space touchdown workspace touchdown area
相关词
touch down

词源

Etymology tree
English touch
English down
English touchdown
From touch + down.
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