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quarterback

noun

🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbæk/

🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbæk/

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(in American football美式足球) the player who directs the team’s attacking play and passes the ball to other players at the start of each attack（指挥进攻的）四分卫Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Quarterback is used after these nouns:
veteran
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quarterback

verb

🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbæk/

🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbæk/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they quarterback	🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbæk/ 🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbæk/
he / she / it quarterbacks	🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbæks/ 🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbæks/
past simple quarterbacked	🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbækt/ 🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbækt/
past participle quarterbacked	🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbækt/ 🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbækt/
-ing form quarterbacking	🔊/ˈkwɔːtəbækɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkwɔːrtərbækɪŋ/

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[intransitive] (in American football美式足球) to play as a quarterback打四分卫
[transitive] quarterback something (North American English) to direct or organize something指挥；组织