defenseman

/dih-fens-muhn, -man/US // dɪˈfɛns mən, -ˌmæn //

后卫,防守队员,后卫球员,边锋

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural de·fense·men [dih-fens-muhn, -men]. /dɪˈfɛns mən, -ˌmɛn/. Sports.
- : a player in certain games, as ice hockey or lacrosse, who lines up in a defensive zone or position.

An entire condensed-schedule season later, and the numbers don’t make a strong argument for those defensemen to continue to get extended ice time.
When Peter Laviolette met with Zdeno Chara in the offseason, before the 44-year-old defenseman was officially part of the Washington Capitals, there were no expectations about the upcoming season, no X’s and O’s drawn out.
He’s also an excellent defenseman, having led the NL in steals.
Grill, a 5-foot-8 defenseman, also wasn’t heavily recruited, and he landed with the Golden Eagles, too.
Anyway, moving on to the Norris Trophy for best defenseman, I think this is a really interesting race.