kickoff

英 [ˈkɪkˈɒf]

美 [ˈkɪˌkɔf]

n.  （卫星与运载火箭）分离; （足球）开球，（社会集会等）开始

复数：kickoffs　

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柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 kickoff


• N-VAR （足球赛的）开赛
  In football, thekick-offis the time at which a particular game starts.
  1. The kick-off is at 1.30.
     开赛时间是1点30分。
• （橄榄球赛的）开球
  In American football, akickoffis the kick that begins a play, for example at the beginning of a half or after a touchdown or field goal.
• N-SING （事件或活动的）开始，开幕
  Thekick-offof an event or activity is its beginning.
  1. People stood waiting for the kick-off of the parade.
     人们站着等候游行的开始。

英英释义

noun

• (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
• a start given to contestants
  1. I was there with my parents at the kickoff
  Synonym:send-offstart-off
• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningcommencementfirstoutsetget-gostartstarting timeshowtimeoffset

双语例句

• We arrived at the ground only moments before kickoff.
  我们到球场后比赛马上就开始了。
• Nuclear power project prophase file refers to the documents produced during the project-licensing, approving, bidding, surveying, design, and construction preparation before project kickoff.
  核电项目前期文件是指核电工程开工以前在立项、审批、招投标、勘察、设计以及工程准备过程中形成的文件。
• Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder are among the stars who will sing at an inauguration kickoff at the Lincoln Memorial, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said on Monday.
  “总统就职委员会”于本周一称，就职仪式启动庆典将于本周日在林肯纪念堂举行，届时来自演艺界的众多明星如波诺、布鲁斯·斯布林顿和史迪威·万德等将登台献唱。
• They is lining up in position for the kickoff.
  他们正排起阵势准备开球。
• This effort started with the kickoff agile workshop, using Rational Team Concert as the tool of choice.
  这一工作以开始敏捷研讨会为起始，使用RationalTeamConcert作为首选工具。
• This includes release planning, iteration planning, iteration kickoff, requirements gathering, UAT at the end of an iteration and project retrospectives at the end of each iteration.
  这包括发布计划、迭代计划、迭代kickoff会议、需求收集，每个迭代末尾的UAT（UseraccessenceTest）以及项目回顾。
• The kickoff was a total success.
  事情一开始就大获成功。
• Game front with toss the coin of way to decide that brigade first kickoff.
  比赛前以掷硬币的方式来决定那一队先开球。
• The utility model relates to a conductor kickoff mechanism which can break away from a conductor insulating layer and screw down an electric conductor.
  本实用新型涉及一种脱离导线绝缘层的同时拧紧导电体的导线拧脱装置。
• Yet the Friday after Thanksgiving, the kickoff to the highest-revenue weeks for stores, is expected to lay bare the increasingly parallel universes of retailing in America, the analysts said.
  不过，分析师们认为，感恩节后的第二天星期五仅仅是各商店接下来几周高营业额的开始，预计将为营业额不断增加的美国零售世界揭开序幕。