English Dictionary

double-team

verb

(transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.

The two players double-team the opponent.

意味（1）

(transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.

On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much.

意味（2）

(transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.

Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes, he said.

意味（3）

(slang, transitive, of two people) To double penetrate someone.

He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night.

意味（4）

(slang, transitive) To gang up on someone.

one day they double- teamed her into a closet and threatened to lock her in if she didn't show them her privates.