preseason
季前赛,赛前,季度前,季节性
Definitions
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- : a period before the season, especially the period of time in organized sports when athletes train and practice for the regular season: As a professional athlete, I just try not to get injured in the preseason.Deer hunters set aside time in the preseason to repair and maintain their stands, set trail cameras, and clear branches or brush from shooting lanes.
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- : of, relating to, or occurring in the preseason: Some of the coaching staff was replaced after an embarrassing preseason loss to the weakest team in the league.The resort offers discounted preseason ski passes in November.
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- : to season with condiments, spices, herbs, or the like before it is packaged or cooked: Preseason the roast with a teaspoon of salt per pound of meat several hours before grilling it.
Examples
Since there were no fans in the arena, no one noticed — through 13 preseason and regular season games.
Last year, teams’ offseason programs for players were conducted entirely virtually, with no on-field practices, and the preseason was eliminated entirely.
Marcus Zegarowski, the Big East’s preseason player of the year, was held to 14 points on 4-for-11 shooting.
Before a preseason game that year, McKinney and fellow linebacker Zach Cunningham, 26, arrived at NRG Stadium wearing “Dragon Ball Z” T-shirts.
Her coach, Edward Homer, said “without a doubt” she would have been the starting slot receiver as a senior on his team last fall — and a captain, an announcement that received loud cheers from teammates when Homer made it after a preseason workout.
He played well enough [during the preseason] for a team with a need on the defensive line to consider that.
When the Kings and the Lakers met in the 2003 preseason, the drama picked up right where it left off.
He is as heartfelt and genuine at these gatherings as he is at the Friday preseason workouts.
Plimpton was the writer who was briefly allowed to play quarterback in a Detroit Lions preseason game a half-century ago.