webster

webster — 名詞

1. a landmark sports-law ruling from 2006, named after Scottish footballer Andy Web

1.名詞C2
釋義

韋伯斯特判決

允許足球員提前離隊的英國判決

a landmark sports-law ruling from 2006, named after Scottish footballer Andy Webster, which permits a professional to end a club contract early after three years of service, provided compensation is paid by the player or the buying team.

例句

Under the Webster ruling, a player can leave after three years despite a five-year contract.

根據韋伯斯特判決,球員即使簽了五年合約,也可以在三年後離隊。

under the Webster ruling

The club's lawyer studied the Webster ruling carefully before negotiating the transfer.

球團的律師在協商轉會前,仔細研究了韋伯斯特判決。

常見搭配
  • the Webster ruling
  • under the Webster ruling
  • the Webster case
  • cite the Webster ruling
  • challenge the Webster ruling
同義詞

文法句型

the Webster ruling

the Webster case

用法筆記

Always capitalised as 'the Webster ruling' or 'the Webster case'. This is a proper noun referring to a specific legal case (FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, 2006), not a general rule about football contracts.

常見錯誤

The webster allows players to leave.
The Webster ruling allows players to leave.
The legal decision must be capitalised as a proper noun.
Under the Webster rule, players can transfer freely.
Under the Webster ruling, players can leave after three years with compensation.
It is a specific ruling, not a general rule.

2. a person whose job is to weave cloth; a weaver. This word is now very old-fashio

2.名詞C2
釋義

織布工

以織布為業的人(古語)

a person whose job is to weave cloth; a weaver. This word is now very old-fashioned and rarely used in modern English except in historical writing or as part of a surname.

例句

In medieval England, a webster worked at a wooden loom from sunrise until sunset.

在中世紀的英格蘭,織布工從日出到日落都在木織機前工作。

archaic occupation: webster = weaver

The village webster supplied linen and woollen cloth to the local market every Saturday.

村裡的織布工每週六將亞麻布和羊毛布送到當地市集販售。

常見搭配
  • village webster
  • experienced webster
  • webster's loom
  • work as a webster
同義詞
  • weaver

    the modern standard term; 'webster' is its archaic equivalent

文法句型

a webster

the webster

用法筆記

An archaic term that survives almost entirely in surnames (e.g., the lexicographer Noah Webster). In modern English, 'weaver' is the standard word. Distinguish from sense 1 (FOOTBALL CONTRACT RULING), which is a 21st-century legal term unconnected to weaving.

常見錯誤

My aunt is a webster in a textile factory.
My aunt is a weaver in a textile factory.
'Webster' is archaic; 'weaver' is the modern term.

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