wicket

Defending his wicket watchfully, the last man is playing out time.

最后一名球员小心地守着他的三柱门，直到比赛结束。

Buy your tickets at this wicket.

窗口买票。

I might be on a sticky wicket if I used that line.

如果我当时走那条线的话，我也许就会处境不利。

Don’t be too confident about getting the contract. After our problems with the last one we’re on a sticky wicket there.

不要太自信会得到那份合同。自从我们的上一份合同出了问题之后，我们就处境困难。