| 词汇 | face-off |
| 词源 | face-off. In hockey a face-off is initiated when the puck is dropped by the official at the start of a game or period or to resume play. The puck is dropped between the sticks of two players, who stand face to face ready to hit it. Whether this act inspired the general term for any open confrontation (as first recorded in about 1895) is unknown, but it certainly has given the term wider currency today. See hockey puck. |
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