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face-off

/feys-awf, -of/US // ˈfeɪsˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

对峙,对决,对垒,对抗赛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Ice Hockey.

    • : the act of facing the puck, as at the start of a game or period.
    • : an open confrontation.

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Examples

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.

  • They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.

  • Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

  • Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.