striker

/'staikə/

Thân thiện

The striker kicks the ball toward the goal.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who is on strike: A worker who has stopped working as a protest, typically to demand better pay or conditions from their employer.
   • A player in soccer (football) whose main role is to score goals: An attacking forward positioned to shoot at the opponent's goal.
   • The part of a device that hits something: A component in a mechanical device (like a bell, clock, or firearm) that delivers a blow or impact.
   • A person who hits something: Someone who delivers a blow or strike.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Person on strike):
  • The factory closed after the strikers refused to return to work.
  • The union leader spoke to the gathered strikers.
• Noun (Soccer player):
  • The team's main striker scored a hat-trick in the final.
  • He plays as a center-forward, the primary striker in the formation.
• Noun (Mechanical part):
  • The clock's striker is broken, so it no longer chimes.
  • When you pull the trigger, it releases the striker to ignite the cartridge.

Advanced Usage

• "To lead the line as a striker": In soccer, to be the main attacking forward responsible for spearheading the offense.
  • Despite his youth, he was trusted to lead the line as the lone striker.
• "A militant striker": A protester on strike who is particularly forceful or aggressive in their actions.
  • The negotiations were complicated by the presence of militant strikers.
• "Pinch striker": In soccer, a substitute striker brought onto the field specifically to try to score a goal.
  • The manager brought on a pinch striker in the last ten minutes.

Variants and Related Words

• Strike (verb/noun): The act of stopping work in protest; to hit.
• Strikebreaker (noun): A person who works or is employed to replace a striking worker.
• Strikeforce (noun): In soccer, the group of attacking players, especially the strikers.
• Striking (adjective): Noticeable, impressive, or attracting attention.

Synonyms

• For a person on strike: Protester, walkouter.
• For a soccer player: Forward, attacker, center-forward, goal-getter.
• For a mechanical part: Hammer, beater, plunger.
• For a person who hits: Hitter, slugger.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

• "To come out on strike": To begin a strike.
  • The workers voted to come out on strike.
• "To be out on strike": To be actively participating in a strike.
  • The teachers have been out on strike for a week.

Related Idioms

• "A natural striker": In soccer, a player with an innate talent for scoring goals.
  • Even as a teenager, he was a natural striker.
• "To cross the picket line": To go to work despite a strike being in progress (related to the concept of a striker).
  • Few workers were willing to cross the picket line and face the strikers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
2. someone who hits
   • a hard hitter
   • a fine striker of the ball
   • blacksmiths are good hitters
3. an employee on strike against an employer
4. someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
5. a forward on a soccer team

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hitter