单词 | screw stroke |
释义 | > as lemmasscrew stroke screw stroke n. now rare a stroke in which the player strikes the ball below its centre, (in Croquet) limiting the extent to which it travels, or (in Billiards and Snooker) producing spin which causes it to move backwards from the object ball. ΚΠ 1857 G. F. Pardon Billiards: Theory & Pract. (ed. 2) viii. 75 The theory of its [sc. the ball's] return by the screw stroke is, however, just the reverse of this. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 252/2 [Croquet] The chop, screw, or stop stroke. 1975 New Scientist 2 Jan. 38/3 The screw stroke..is a stroke in which more spin than forward momentum is placed on the ball by extreme elevation..of the butt end of the cue stick. < as lemmas |
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