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• lax (informal)

語源

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ləˈkɹɒs/
• (General American) IPA: /ləˈkɹɔs/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ləˈkɹɑs/

名詞

lacrosse (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
   • 2001, Alan G. Launder, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports:

     The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.

   • 2007 September 16, Jeffrey Rosen, “Wrongly Accused”, in The New York Times‎:

     After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.

派生語

アナグラム

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers

発音

固有名詞

La Crosse

1. A city, the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
2. A city, the county seat of Rush County, Kansas.
3. A town in Indiana.
4. A town in Virginia.
5. A town in Washington.
6. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
8. A river in the United States, flowing from southwestern Wisconsin, into the Mississippi.

派生語

• La Crosse County

参考

• lacrosse

アナグラム

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers