webster
webster — 名詞
1. a landmark sports-law ruling from 2006, named after Scottish footballer Andy Web
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.
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。
Many European leagues changed their transfer rules after the Webster ruling came into effect in 2006.
2006 年韋伯斯特判決生效後，許多歐洲聯賽修改了轉會規則。
The player's agent cited the Webster ruling during the contract dispute with the club.
球員的經紀人在與球團的合約糾紛中引用了韋伯斯特判決。
Élise wrote a university essay comparing the Webster ruling with the Bosman ruling.
Élise 寫了一篇大學報告，比較韋伯斯特判決與博斯曼判決的異同。
- the Webster decision
less common synonym, also refers to the same 2006 case
- the Webster case
used in legal and sports contexts to refer to the dispute itself
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
2. a person whose job is to weave cloth; a weaver. This word is now very old-fashio
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.
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。
Nora discovered that her great-grandfather had been a webster in a small Scottish town.
Nora 發現她的曾祖父曾是蘇格蘭一個小鎮上的織布工。
Old tax records show that the webster earned less money than the village blacksmith.
古老的稅務紀錄顯示，織布工的收入比村裡的鐵匠還少。
The museum displayed a webster's wooden loom and spinning wheel from the 1700s.
博物館裡展示了一組十八世紀織布工的木織機和紡車。
- 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.