| 单词 | advantage game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadvantage game advantage game n. Real Tennis and Tennis an extra game or games played when the score is five games all, in order for the set to be won by a margin of two games; cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1699 Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum ix. 56 Come, Sir, you had the misfortune to be on the wrong side last time, tho' 'twas a very hard Match, and no body could tell who had the best of it, till the very Advantage-game. 1743 Daily Advertiser 21 Dec. At 2 s. for a six-game Set, with Advantage Game, or at 1 s. or 8 d. for four-game Sets. 1898 Amer. Lawn Tennis 25 Aug. 214/1 Budlong's lobbing was more successful, and he brought the score up to 5-all. Paret was very tired, but managed to win out the advantage games. 1915 M. E. McLoughlin Tennis as I play It xv. 332 It was the first time in that long, gruelling set that I had the advantage game with service. 2005 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 3 Sept. 58 Advantage games will be eliminated, sets reduced to first to five games instead of six and tiebreaks will kick in at four-all. < as lemmas |
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