re-spot
verb [ T ] (also respot) uk/ˌriːˈspɒt/
(桌球)重新定位
in games such as snooker (= in which two people use long poles to hit balls of different colours into holes around a table), to put a ball back in its correct place on the table.
We asked the referee to re-spot the ball and he did.
His opponent asked for the ball to be respotted. 他的对手要求重新定位球。
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- He cleared the table to level the scores, and won the frame by potting the re-spotted black.
- If a pocketed ball is the 9-ball, it is re-spotted by the referee.
- If the eight ball is pocketed, the breaker has the choice of re-spotting the eight ball or re-breaking.
re-spot
noun [ C ] (also respot) uk/ˈriːˌspɒt/
(桌球)重新定位
in games such as snooker, an occasion on which a ball is re-spotted (= put back into its correct place on the table)
His opponent was unable to gain position on the pink but he could still tie the scores and force a re-spot.
Davies was responsible for breaks of 136 and 110 with Day, who had forced a respot in the last frame. 史蒂夫·戴维斯在与瑞恩·戴的斯诺克比赛中打出了一杆136分和一杆110分的高分破局,而在最后一局比赛中,戴迫使双方进入重摆局。