face‐offの英語

名詞

face off (複数形 face offs)

1. (sports, chiefly ice hockey) The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.
2. (literally or figurative) A face-to-face confrontation, especially a bitter one.

動詞

face off (三人称単数 現在形 faces off, 現在分詞 facing off, 過去形および過去分詞形 faced off)

1. (intransitive) To confront (each other).
   • 2009 February 22, Ruaridh Nicoll, “Behind the demise”, in The Observer:

     When Bank of Scotland and RBS faced off in that epic battle for NatWest ...

別の表記

• faceoff, face off

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsˌɑf/

名詞

face-off (複数形 face-offs)

1. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups

   It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.

   • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title または journal name)‎^[1]:

     Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.

2. (ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee

名詞

faceoff (複数形 faceoffs)

1. (ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey.