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Related topics: Other sportshock·ey /ˈhɒki $ ˈhɑːki/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1. British EnglishDSO a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players, with sticks and a ball 曲棍球 SYN American English field hockey →5 See picture of HOCKEY 冰球；曲棍球2. American EnglishDSO a game similar to hockey, but played on ice 冰球，冰上曲棍球〔运动〕 SYN British English ice hockeyExamples from the Corpushockey• Soccer and hockey leagues also are planned.• At hockey there was a vacancy for the goalkeeper and that had been my position in the school team.• And then the three of them join Peter in a makeshift game of baseball, hockey, or soccer.• On Wednesdays I train for hockey in the local indoor leisure centre.• Bully off: A new girls' hockey tournament bullies off next month at Stockton sports centre.• The Hansons were played by three young minor-league hockey players.• A: They are happy that I play hockey, but they are unhappy that I get hurt sometimes.Origin hockey (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French hoquet “curved stick used by shepherds”, from hoc “hook”hock·ey nounChineseSyllable grass by of two played 11 a game on Corpus teams |