punt

noun

1. 方头平底船（用篙撑）
   a long shallow boat with a flat bottom and square ends which is moved by pushing the end of a long pole against the bottom of a river
2. 赌博；打赌
   a bet
   1. The investment is little more than a punt.
      这项投资无异于一场赌博。
3. （踢出的）凌空长球，脱手球
   a long kick made after dropping the ball from your hands

verb

1. 乘方头平底船航行（尤指游览）
   to travel in a punt , especially for pleasure
   1. We spent the day punting on the river.
      我们乘方头平底小船在河上游览了一天。
   2. to go punting
      坐方头平底船游玩
2. 踢凌空长球；踢脱手球
   to kick a ball hard so that it goes a long way, sometimes after it has dropped from your hands and before it reaches the ground

Pronounced /pʌnt/ for meanings 1, 2 and 4, and /pʊnt/ for meaning 3. 义项1、2、4读作 /pʌnt/，义项3读作 /pʊnt/。


1. （用篙撑行的）平底长船
   A punt is a long boat with a flat bottom. You move the boat along by standing at one end and pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river.
2. VERB 乘平底长船
   When you punt, you travel along a river in a punt.
   1. We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
      我们乘坐平底长船溯河而上到格兰切斯特，在草地上举行野餐。
3. N-COUNT 爱尔兰镑（爱尔兰共和国使用欧元前的货币单位）
   The punt was the unit of money used in the Republic of Ireland before it was replaced by the euro.
   1. The round-trip fare to Havana is 550 Irish punts ($673).
      去哈瓦那的往返票价是550爱尔兰镑（673美元）。
   2. The punt was also used to refer to the Irish currency system.
      爱尔兰镑（指货币制度）
   3. ...the cost of defending the punt against speculators.
      保护爱尔兰镑、打击投机商所付出的代价
4. N-COUNT （橄榄球或美式足球中的）碰踢，弃踢，落踢
   In rugby and American football, a punt is a kick where you drop the ball and then kick it before it reaches the ground, so that it goes a long way.
   1. He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play.
      他接住对方的弃踢球，成功达阵，取得了制胜得分，此时比赛只剩最后一分钟。
   2. ...a 66-yard punt return
      一个66码的凌空回踢
   3. Punt is also a verb.
      
   4. The referee told him to punt or kick the ball off the ground...
      裁判告诉他可以碰踢或定点开球。
   5. The Redskins punted. Dallas then marched 79 yards to seal the victory.
      红人队选择了弃踢，达拉斯队随即跑出79码从而锁定胜局。

1. We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
   我们乘坐平底长船溯河而上到格兰切斯特，在草地上举行野餐。
2. He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play.
   他接住对方的弃踢球，成功达阵，取得了制胜得分，此时比赛只剩最后一分钟。
3. What is true for mice is often true for men, so he had a punt on the idea that the MHC might affect the smell of human sweat, as well.
   对老鼠来说是这样，对人来说也是这样的。所以他大胆设想，MHC可能也影响到人类汗液的气味。
4. To propel ( a ball) by means of a punt. But the following set of fast turns and swift high kicks sent him crashing to the practice room's thin carpet.
   然而随后的一整套快速翻转和灵活的高踢腿动作却使他手忙脚乱，结果摔到了练功房薄薄的地毯上。
5. But volumes are up, and nothing is stopping outsiders from having a punt.
   但成交量上升了，而且没有任何东西可以阻止局外人进行投机。
6. But it is a tricky distinction: almost everything a bank does is a punt.
   但区分投机活动并非易事：银行做的几乎每一件事都算得上赌博。
7. Meanwhile, punt the money in other parts of the world that are benefiting from all the extra liquidity.
   然后再将钱投到世界上其它那些受益于充裕流动性的地方。
8. Go through all the left work items with marketing team and other partners to punt low priority items to next release.
   将下一个项目的工作推后，优先和销售团队，以及其他拍档一起完成增加新功能的工作。
9. So you punt it to the fbi.
   所以他们就抱fbi的佛脚来了。
10. As the leading dealer in the market for credit-default swaps ( CDS), contracts used to punt on a company's ability to repay its debt, JPMorgan Chase could find itself dragged into another maelstrom.
    作为信贷违约互换产品（CDS）的主要经营商，合约常常用于支撑一家公司偿还账务的能力。摩根大通也许发现他们正被卷入另一场漩涡中。
11. Watch the feathers fly as you punt poultry at targets with hilarious results in this exclusive free mobile game based on Fable II.
    观赏羽毛飞你踢家禽目标与欢闹的结果在此独家免费手机游戏的基础上寓言二。
12. True, the banks are now sitting on thumping paper profits from their investments. But banks should not see it as their role to punt on the markets.
    诚然，这些银行目前坐拥其投资带来的庞大账面盈利，但银行不应将自己的角色视为市场博弈者。
13. Eventually the temptation to take a punt on property becomes overwhelming.
    最终，在房地产领域赌上一把的诱惑会变得无法抗拒。
14. In the afternoon they all went for a punt.
    下午的时候他们都去坐方头平底船了。
15. Asynchronous I/ O allows you to punt I/ O channels into a worker queue, freeing up threads and resources while that I/ O channel is waiting.
    ​​异步I/O允许你​将I/O通道放在一个工作队列里，当I/O通道等待时释放线程和资源。
16. She soon learned to punt.
    她很快就学会了撑方头平底船。
17. That is especially true if the property was not a primary residence, but a speculative punt.
    如果该房产并非主要居所，而属于投机用途，则更是如此。
18. The reversal of spreads recently looks like a belated acceptance that the punt on convergence was a mistake.
    最近利差的扩大趋势看起来像是对这样一个事实迟到的认可：下注于趋同是一个错误。
19. Make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football.
    返回，如在足球运动中踢凌空球。
20. It was about taking a punt and making a film that comes from someone's head and heart as opposed to their wallet.
    它关于投资还有拍来自某些人头脑和心灵中的电影，而不是为了他们的钱包。
21. Meanwhile, Greek newspapers report that Russian President Vladimir Punt will stay on another nearby yacht.
    而根据希腊报纸的报道，俄罗斯总统普京也回住在附近的一艘游艇上。
22. Welcome you to use ane-Tiansuo la punt ceilings, this product in China has applied for a patent.
    欢迎您使用易天梭拉蓬天花，本产品在中国已申请了专利权。
23. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is the perfect investor for Twitter: immensely rich and willing to take a punt.
    沙特王子阿尔瓦利德本塔拉尔（princealwaleedbintalal）是twitter的完美投资者：极其富有又愿意下注。
24. We go punt on the river at oxford.
    在牛津，我们去河里乘方头浅平底船。
25. Wholesale banks should pay more for finance, and not punt with depositors 'funds – or indeed benefit from an implicit taxpayer guarantee.
    批发银行应该将更多的资金用来放贷，而不应拿储户的资金去投机&或者在实际上利用纳税人的隐性担保获益。
26. The investment is little more than a punt.
    这项投资无异于一场赌博。
27. Hedging has become a strategic choice, too, rather than an opportunistic punt when, for example, prices fall.
    对冲已成为一种战略选择，而不再是某些特定时候（如价格下跌时）的投机行为。
28. Hedge funds have a bottomless appetite for derivatives as a way to manage risk and punt with borrowed money.
    对冲基金对衍生产品有着无限大的胃口，以此来管理风险和用借来的钱进行投机。
29. Recline in a deck-chair, a punt, a hammock spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat.
    斜躺在摺叠帆布椅、平底船、吊床上帆船船首斜桅底下的圆材。

noun

1. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
   1. the punt traveled 50 yards
   2. punting is an important part of the game

   Synonym:    punting

2. an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole

3. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland

   Synonym:    Irish poundIrish puntpound

verb

1. place a bet on
   1. Which horse are you backing?
   2. I'm betting on the new horse

   Synonym:    bet onbackgagestakegame

2. propel with a pole
   1. pole barges on the river
   2. We went punting in Cambridge

   Synonym:    pole

3. kick the ball