American football

noun

1. 美式足球，美式橄榄球（双方队员各11人，球呈椭圆形，球员可足踢、手传或抱球奔跑，球越过对方端线得分）
   a game played by two teams of 11 players, using an oval ball which players kick, throw, or carry. Teams try to put the ball over the other team's line.

in AM, use 美国英语用 football


1. 美式橄榄球（运动）；美式足球（运动）
   American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
2. 美式橄榄球用球
   An American football is an oval-shaped ball used for playing American football.

1. In some sports like American football, ties are allowed.
   在有些运动中，比如美国足球，是允许打平的。
2. In the USA, most people love American football and basketball the most.
   在美国，绝大部分人都最喜欢美式橄榄球和篮球。
3. When speaking about football, most Americans understand "American Football", not soccer.
   如果说到football，大部分美国人会理解成橄榄球而不是足球。
4. Compared with other sports, like basketball and baseball, American football can be more dangerous.
   与篮球、排球相比，美式足球是更为危险的运动。
5. Are there any American football games in town now?
   现在城镇里有橄榄球比赛吗？
6. ( in RUGBY and American football) to complete by kicking the Ball over the Bar of the GOAL
   （橄榄球和美式足球中把球踢过球门的横木后）附加得分
7. The inflated oblong ball used in playing American football.
   美式橄榄球运动中使用的长方形的充气球。
8. American football is different from international football, which Americans call soccer.
   美式足球，即橄榄球，与国际足球不同，美国人称后者为英式足球。
9. American football has the most complex plays among all sports.
   美式橄榄球是所有体育项目中战术最为复杂的体育。
10. American football, not to be confused with the football called soccer, is the American national sport.
    美式足球是美国的国球，不能与足球混为一谈。
11. Camp: american football coach and promoter who developed many of the sport's basic rules.
    坎普：美国橄榄球教练和推展者，他发展了这项运动的许多基本规则。
12. The most popular sports in the United States are arguably baseball, American football, basketball, and hockey.
    最热门的运动项目，在美国可以说是棒球，美式足球，篮球，曲棍球。
13. American football is america's most popular sport to watch.
    美式足球是美国最受观众欢迎的运动。
14. In American football, you have to try to bring down your opponent.
    在美式橄榄球运动中，你得设法把你的对手弄倒。
15. Some people feel that American football is a brutal sport.
    一些人认为美式足球是一项粗暴的运动。
16. Beckham's arrival in the United States has attracted huge attention and already increased the profile of a sport which is dwarfed in popularity by American football, baseball, basketball and hockey.
    贝克汉姆来到美国吸引了众多关注，此前足球运动在美国的橄榄球，垒球，篮球和曲棍球面前相形见绌，小贝的到来显然已经增加了这项运动的知名度。
17. Basketball has always been a distant third in sports rankings in the United States behind baseball and American football.
    篮球在美国的运动排名上始终一直位居第三，远远落在棒球和美式足球之后。
18. It has diversified into new areas: the agency has spent the past three years building a sports practice that represents some of the biggest stars in basketball, American football, soccer and baseball.
    它在新的领域里开展了多样化经营：公司用过去三年的时间建立了体育业务，为篮球、美式橄榄球、足球和棒球的某些大牌球星做代理。
19. In America, people like to talk about sport news, such as American football and basketball.
    在美国，人们喜欢谈论体育新闻，例如美国足球和篮球。
20. A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents 'goal line.
    美式橄榄球中的得分；抱着球越过对方球门线。
21. The method of scoring in American football is the same as in rugby.
    美式足球的得分方法与橄榄球相同。
22. Taking a cue from American Football, remember that "offense is the best form of defense".
    从美式橄榄球中可以得到个启示，记住：最好的防守是进攻。
23. He draw a parallel between American football and association football.
    他把英式足球和美式足球做了一个比较。
24. There are few parallels between the American football and European football.
    美国足球和欧洲足球没有什么相似之处。
25. American football is quite different from the ordinary football.
    美国足球和普通足球的踢法很不相同。
26. Is there an American football game today?
    今天有美式橄榄球比赛吗？
27. David: Come on, kick the ball. ( American football) Come on one more time.
    戴维：来吧，踢球（美式足球），再来一次。
28. It mixes the best features of sports like Soccer, Basketball and American Football.
    集足球、篮球和美式橄榄球的最佳特征于一体。
29. Gordon: I really dig it. I am finally starting to understand American Football.
    戈登：非常喜欢。我现在终于开始美国的橄榄球了。
30. American football is the most popular sport in all schools and colleges in the fall.
    秋天，美国的橄榄球运动是大、学校里最流行的体育运动。