| 释义 |
▪ I. racketing, vbl. n.|ˈrækɪtɪŋ|
[f. racket v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb., esp. in sense 1; an instance of this.
1753[see racket v.2 3]. 1795Scott 23 Aug. in Lockhart, I wish they may come down soon, as we shall have fine racketting. 1822― 25 June in Fam. Lett. (1894) II. xviii. 139 Late hours and raqueting. 1843Miall in Nonconf. III. 745 No racketing of engines to turn his domain into a modern Babel. 1886Baring-Gould Mehalah 183 There'll be junketings and racketings.
▪ II. racketing, ppl. a.|ˈrækɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That rackets, in senses of the vb.; characterized by racket or racketing.
1763E. Carter in Mem. (1808) I. 362 We live a very racketting life at the Hague. 1821Jeffrey in Cockburn Life II. lxxxvi, We have had a racketing feverish life since we came here. 1847W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 25 One of the most racketing cities in the world. 1895Besant Westminster iii. 88 A place filled with noisy, racketing, even uproarious life. |