punt

英 [pʌnt , pʊnt]

美 [pʌnt , pʊnt]

n.  方头平底船(用篙撑); 赌博; 打赌; (踢出的)凌空长球，脱手球
v.  乘方头平底船航行(尤指游览); 踢凌空长球; 踢脱手球
n.  爱尔兰镑(爱尔兰共和国以前的货币单位，于2002年为欧元所取代)

复数：punts　现在分词：punting　过去式：punted　过去分词：punted　第三人称单数：punts　

Collins.1 / BNC.16093 / COCA.12484

牛津词典

noun

• 方头平底船（用篙撑）
  a long shallow boat with a flat bottom and square ends which is moved by pushing the end of a long pole against the bottom of a river
• 赌博；打赌
  a bet
  1. The investment is little more than a punt.
     这项投资无异于一场赌博。
• （踢出的）凌空长球，脱手球
  a long kick made after dropping the ball from your hands

verb

• 乘方头平底船航行（尤指游览）
  to travel in a punt , especially for pleasure
  1. We spent the day punting on the river.
     我们乘方头平底小船在河上游览了一天。
  2. to go punting
     坐方头平底船游玩
• 踢凌空长球；踢脱手球
  to kick a ball hard so that it goes a long way, sometimes after it has dropped from your hands and before it reaches the ground

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /pʌnt/ for meanings 1, 2 and 4, and /pʊnt/ for meaning 3. 义项1、2、4读作 /pʌnt/，义项3读作 /pʊnt/。


• （用篙撑行的）平底长船
  Apuntis a long boat with a flat bottom. You move the boat along by standing at one end and pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river.
• VERB 乘平底长船
  When youpunt, you travel along a river in a punt.
  1. We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
     我们乘坐平底长船溯河而上到格兰切斯特，在草地上举行野餐。
• N-COUNT 爱尔兰镑（爱尔兰共和国使用欧元前的货币单位）
  Thepuntwas the unit of money used in the Republic of Ireland before it was replaced by the euro.
  1. The round-trip fare to Havana is 550 Irish punts ($673).
     去哈瓦那的往返票价是550爱尔兰镑（673美元）。
  2. Thepuntwas also used to refer to the Irish currency system.
     爱尔兰镑（指货币制度）
  3. ...the cost of defending the punt against speculators.
     保护爱尔兰镑、打击投机商所付出的代价
• N-COUNT （橄榄球或美式足球中的）碰踢，弃踢，落踢
  In rugby and American football, apuntis a kick where you drop the ball and then kick it before it reaches the ground, so that it goes a long way.
  1. He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play.
     他接住对方的弃踢球，成功达阵，取得了制胜得分，此时比赛只剩最后一分钟。
  2. ...a 66-yard punt return
     一个66码的凌空回踢
  3. Puntis also a verb.
     
  4. The referee told him to punt or kick the ball off the ground...
     裁判告诉他可以碰踢或定点开球。
  5. The Redskins punted. Dallas then marched 79 yards to seal the victory.
     红人队选择了弃踢，达拉斯队随即跑出79码从而锁定胜局。

英英释义

noun

• (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
  1. the punt traveled 50 yards
  2. punting is an important part of the game
  Synonym:punting
• an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland
  Synonym:Irish poundIrish puntpound

verb

• place a bet on
  1. Which horse are you backing?
  2. I'm betting on the new horse
  Synonym:bet onbackgagestakegame
• propel with a pole
  1. pole barges on the river
  2. We went punting in Cambridge
  Synonym:pole
• kick the ball

双语例句

• But it is a tricky distinction: almost everything a bank does is a punt.
  但区分投机活动并非易事：银行做的几乎每一件事都算得上赌博。
• The investment is little more than a punt.
  这项投资无异于一场赌博。
• As the leading dealer in the market for credit-default swaps ( CDS), contracts used to punt on a company's ability to repay its debt, JPMorgan Chase could find itself dragged into another maelstrom.
  作为信贷违约互换产品（CDS）的主要经营商，合约常常用于支撑一家公司偿还账务的能力。摩根大通也许发现他们正被卷入另一场漩涡中。
• Asynchronous I/ O allows you to punt I/ O channels into a worker queue, freeing up threads and resources while that I/ O channel is waiting.
  ​​异步I/O允许你​将I/O通道放在一个工作队列里，当I/O通道等待时释放线程和资源。
• Make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football.
  返回，如在足球运动中踢凌空球。
• That is especially true if the property was not a primary residence, but a speculative punt.
  如果该房产并非主要居所，而属于投机用途，则更是如此。
• True, the banks are now sitting on thumping paper profits from their investments. But banks should not see it as their role to punt on the markets.
  诚然，这些银行目前坐拥其投资带来的庞大账面盈利，但银行不应将自己的角色视为市场博弈者。
• We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
  我们乘坐平底长船溯河而上到格兰切斯特，在草地上举行野餐。
• Meanwhile, punt the money in other parts of the world that are benefiting from all the extra liquidity.
  然后再将钱投到世界上其它那些受益于充裕流动性的地方。
• He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play.
  他接住对方的弃踢球，成功达阵，取得了制胜得分，此时比赛只剩最后一分钟。