丹尼带你看冬奥——什么是冰球？

What is Ice Hockey?

丹尼带你看冬奥——什么是冰球？

A game between two teams, each usually having six players, who wear skates and compete on an ice rink. The object is to propel a vulcanized rubber disk, the puck, past a goal line and into a net guarded by a goaltender, or goalie. With its speed and its frequent physical contact, ice hockey has become one of the most popular of international sports. The game is an Olympic sport, and worldwide there are more than a million registered players performing regularly in leagues.

hockey

英 [?h?ki] 美 [?hɑ?ki]

n. <英>曲棍球；<美>冰球

Hockey is a game played on ice between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small rubber disc, called a puck, and try to score goals. 冰球

skate

英 [ske?t] 美 [ske?t]

n. 溜冰鞋，滑冰鞋； 四轮溜冰鞋，旱冰鞋；（滑冰鞋上的）冰刀；（载笨重物的）滑板车；滑板（skateboard 的简称）；鳐鱼（一种扁平状海鱼）；鳐鱼肉；<非正式>（南非）声名狼藉的粗鲁白人

v. 滑冰，溜冰；在滑板上滑行，溜出（花样）；滑行；一笔带过，回避（skate over/round）；（喻）一蹴而就（skate through）

词根：skate

n.

skateboard 溜冰板

skating 溜冰，滑冰

skater 溜冰者

skateboarder 滑溜冰板的人；滑板运动员

v.

skating 滑冰（skate的ing形式）

vi.

skateboard 用滑板滑行

rink

英 [r??k] 美 [r??k]

n. 溜冰场，室内溜冰场；冰球场

vi. 溜冰

A rink is a large area covered with ice where people go to ice-skate, or a large area of concrete where people go to roller-skate. 溜冰场; 旱冰场

The other skaters were ordered off the rink.

其他溜冰者被勒令离开溜冰场。

vulcanize

英 [?v?lk?na?z] 美 [?v?lk??na?z]

v. 硫化；硬化（等于 vulcanise）

to treat (rubber) with sulphur or sulphur compounds under heat and pressure to improve elasticity and strength or to produce a hard substance such as vulcanite 硫化; 硬化(橡胶)

puck

英 [p?k] 美 [p?k]

n. 冰球（由硬橡胶制成）；顽皮的小妖精；（英）鼠状定位器；欧夜莺；脾脱疽

In the game of ice hockey, the puck is the small rubber disc that is used instead of a ball. 冰球比赛用球

goaltender

英 [?ɡ??ltend?(r)] 美 [?ɡo?ltend?r]

n. （足球等运动的）守门员（等于 goalkeeper）

goalie

英 [?ɡ??li] 美 [?ɡoli]

n. 守门员（等于 goalkeeper）

冰球是两个队之间的对抗比赛，每个队通常有六名运动员，他们穿着冰鞋在冰场上比赛。目标是移动这个硫化橡胶圆盘也就是冰球，越过球门线，进入由守门员防守的球网。冰球运动以其速度快，身体接触频繁，已成为最受欢迎的国际体育项目之一。这项运动是一项奥林匹克运动，全世界已有100多万注册球员会定期参加联赛。

来自Britannica