| 单词 | sticky wicket |
| 释义 | sticky wicket noun[Cusually singular] UKuk/ˌstɪk.i ˈwɪk.ɪt/us/ˌstɪk.i ˈwɪk.ɪt/adifficultsituation: 困境This is something of astickywicketyou've got us into.你让我们陷入了困境。 Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
Examplesofsticky wicketsticky wicket He has nobly realised that his party is on astickywicket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He seems to be on astickywickettoday and is stonewalling against everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are batting on a verystickywicket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the fact of the matter is that they are on a verystickywicketindeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not blame him, because he was on a somewhatstickywicketat the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was on astickywicket, because the question of compensation in all its aspects is a very complicated and confusing subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She played a sturdy innings but it remained a very, verystickywicketon which she was playing, although that was not her personal responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think this is astickywicket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Batsmen on astickywicketusually get run out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has stolen such few runs as the ratherstickywicketon which he is batting has permitted him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It struck me that he was batting on a verystickywicketand was slithering all over the place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was certainly batting on a verystickywicket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the whole, on agricultural things generally and on agricultural marketing in particular, he has rather astickywicketon which to bat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He never bats on astickywicket, if he can help it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For if ever a man was batting on astickywicket, he was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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