| 词汇 | take-a-knee |
| 释义 | take a kneeidiom in American football, to go down on one knee after receiving the ball, stopping the game temporarily in order to use up time when you want the game to end because your team is winning: Quarterback Vinny Testaverde took a knee on the final play of the game, symbolically closing out his 21-year career in the place it began. (alsotake the knee) (especially of players in sport) to go down on one knee, usually on a sports pitch before a game, as a protest against racism(= unfair treatment, violence, or hatred directed against people because of their race): Several players on Thursday took a knee, raised a fist or did not take to the field while the anthem was played. On Sunday he took a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice. He said, "Players have every right to take the knee". in American football, especially among young players, to go down on one knee when a player has been injured so that you do not get in the way of the people who are helping the injured player: It's a sign of respect and concern to take a knee when a player is hurt. American football attempt audibilize back judge blitz blocker bootleg dime flare flea-flicker formation forward pass forward progress free play play clock point after pulling blocker pump-fake punt return specialist turnover You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Activism & pressure groups Examples of take a kneetake a knee The player kneeling is said to takeaknee, and thus is taking a knee or taking the knee. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The quarterback will then takeaknee on three consecutive plays, wasting 40 seconds each time, to allow the clock to run out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The quarterback of the team in the lead will often "takeaknee" on the first snap following the two-minute warning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wesley would then takeaknee to win 35 to 28. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nowadays, teams in this situation let the play clock run down to the last possible second and have the quarterback takeaknee. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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