cricket
n
small brown jumping insect that makes a shrill sound by rubbing its front wings together 蟋蟀
the chirping of crickets 蟋蟀的唧唧叫聲.
cricket n
1 [U] game played on grass by two teams of 11 players each, in which a ball is bowled at stumps and a batsman tries to hit it with a bat, and the score is made in runs 板球運動
[attrib 作定語]
a cricket match, ball, team etc 板球比賽、 板球運動用的球、 板球隊等. =>illus 見插圖. =>App 4 見附錄4.
2 (idm 習語) not `cricket (dated Brit sl 舊, 俚) unfair; not honourable 不公正; 不光明磊落
You can't do it without telling him; it just isn't cricket. 你不能不告訴他一聲就做那件事, 這不夠光明磊落.