punt

中文： 凌空踢、踢出高远球、推迟

1. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
2. To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.) (intransitive, transitive)
3. To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
4. To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc). (colloquial, intransitive, transitive)
5. To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
6. To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives. (colloquial, intransitive)
7. To eject; to kick out of a place. (colloquial, transitive)

He/she/it punts · 过去式 punted · 过去分词 punted · -ing形式 punting