puck
The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from…The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
» The puck of ice hockey is not spherical.
Хоккейная шайба не является шарообразной.
Значение
значений: 8The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
(Канада)An object shaped like a puck.
A pointing device with a crosshair.
A penalty shot.
(Ирландия)Billy goat
A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
(архаичное)A mischievous or hostile spirit.
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Примеры
предложений: 11The puck of ice hockey is not spherical.
Хоккейная шайба не является шарообразной.
A shot, and the puck is in the goal.
Бросок — и шайба в воротах.
Tom passed the puck to Mary.
deTom spielte den Puck zu Maria ab.
An ice hockey puck isn't ball-shaped.
An ice hockey puck is not spherical.
deEin Eishockey-Puck ist nicht kugelförmig.
Происхождение
From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West GermanFrom Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin.
From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”). Doublet of buck.
Blend of pike + tuck.
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Формы
мн. число: pucksСинонимы
синонимов: 8- a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey:hockey puck
- a mischievous sprite of English folklore:Robin Goodfellow