a long shallow boat with a flat bottom and square ends which is moved by pushing the end of a long pole against the bottom of a river 方头平底船（用篙撑） 
- (British English, informal)
a bet 赌博；打赌 (in rugby or American football 橄榄球或美式足球 a long kick made after dropping the ball from your hands 弃踢；碰踢 the former unit of money in the Republic of Ireland (replaced in 2002 by the euro) 爱尔兰镑（爱尔兰共和国以前的货币单位，于 2002 年为欧元所取代）
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English, from Latin ponto, denoting a flat-bottomed ferry boat; readopted in the early 16th cent. from Middle Low German punte or Middle Dutch ponte ‘ferry boat’, of the same origin. noun sense 3 mid 19th cent.: probably from dialect punt ‘push forcibly’. Compare with bunt.
Idioms
take/have a punt (British English, informal)
- take/have a punt (on something/somebody)
to choose something that involves some risk 赌博；打赌 Our first impressions aren't great, but I'm willing to take a punt on it. 我们的第一印象并不好，但是我愿意对此一掷千金。 Adventurous new investors might want to have a punt. 有冒险精神的新投资者可能想赌一下。
- take/have a punt (at something/doing something)
to try to do something 赌博；打赌 He took a punt at explaining why he'd done it. 他在解释为什么这样做的过程中采取了批评措施。