单词 | racket court |
释义 | > as lemmasracket court racket court n. (later rackets court) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > rackets > [noun] > court racket court1604 racket-ground1827 1604 T. Middleton Father Hubburds Tales sig. Fv I am no day from the lyne of the Racket-court. 1708 Church of Eng. Primitive v. 93 Such a Man's mind is not advanced above a hunting Match, a Racket-Court; or a Cock-Pit. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 489 The area formed by the wall in that part of the Fleet in which Mr. Pickwick stood, was just wide enough to make a good racket court, one side being formed, of course, by the wall itself. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey iv. 55 He showed him the racquet-court, happily completed, and the chapel, unhappily still in need of funds. 1948 F. A. Iremonger William Temple ii. 17 Sir Frank Fletcher saw and heard a good deal of him—in the rackets-court, in the school debates, and at the meetings of the literary society. 1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock (1990) xxxv. 251 A lot of that area is getting trendy, with racquet courts and chi-chi little restaurants springing up. < as lemmas |
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