wicket

wicket

英音 [ˈwɪkɪt] 美音 [ˈwɪkɪt]

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基本翻译或解释：

n. 小门，边门；窗口；水闸门；三柱门

词源相关：

复数： wickets

详细解释：

wicket 三柱门 来自PIE*weik,弯，转，编织，词源同wicker,vicarious.引申词义小门，篱笆门，后用于指板球的三柱门。词义演变比较hurdle.

用法与例句：

Wicket used by business customers outside of banking hours .

商业客户使用的小门在银行业务小时外面。

The ghosts that vanished when the wicket closed .

小门关掉之后便消失的幽灵群。

If the fielder catches the ball then you lose a wicket .

如果外野手抓到球，那么你失去一个检票口。

Henry is an honest woman ; her canteen is very neat ; but it is bad to have a woman keep the wicket to the mouse-trap of the secret cells .

亨利夫人是一个正派的女人，她管理的监狱食堂十分清洁，但让一个妇女来掌握秘密监狱活板门的小窗口则是错误的。

She decided against telling him that he had hit the ball through completely the wrong wicket .

她决定不告诉他，他完全错了打击通过检票口球。