| 单词 | ball court |
| 释义 | > as lemmasball court ball court n. an area (such as a paved yard) for the playing of ball games; (Archaeology) as a feature of the remains of the Maya civilization in Central America. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > area for play ball greenc1260 ball ground1440 ball court1671 spheristerion1764 Hong Kong1863 1671 T. Alleine Life & Death J. Alleine ii. 20 With no other sweat of the Brow, than what's provok'd in a Ball Court. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 17 The Ball-Court at Corpus Christi Coll. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 179 The old ball-court, where I have had many a game at fives. 1799 C. Cooke Battleridge I. ix. 189 When in the coach his delight increased..as they drove through an old ball court, at Battleridge. 1867 G. M. Hopkins in Lett. & Jrnls. (1959) I. 159 The boys flooded the ball-court and slid and skated on it. 1912 J. W. Fewkes in 28th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1906–7 93 A long court extends across the whole south end of the compound. Its form suggests a ball court or course for foot races. 1959 Listener 12 Mar. 447/2 Huge pyramids, temples, and sacred ball courts are scattered over an area half a mile square [at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico]. 2007 Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post Reg. (Nexis) 7 Jan. f1 Plainly visible etchings on the walls of The Great Ballcourt within the ruins seem to corroborate the story. < as lemmas |
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