| 单词 | squash-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquash-ball a. A soft india-rubber ball used in a form of the game of rackets (originally at Harrow). Also attributive, as squash-ball, squash-court, squash-racket (= the bat used in the game), squash-rackets (= the game); squash tennis n. U.S. a game similar to squash rackets, played with a lawn-tennis ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > squash rackets > [noun] squash-rackets1886 squash1899 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > squash rackets > [noun] > court squash-court1886 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > squash rackets > [noun] > equipment squash1886 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other types of tennis > [noun] sphairistike1874 squash1899 squash tennis1901 paddle tennis1922 platform paddle tennis1935 platform tennis1955 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 May 14/1 The game in question, termed ‘squash’ rackets at Harrow if my memory serves me... There are the ‘squashes’—that is, soft indiarubber balls—to be purchased. 1899 E. H. Miles Lessons Lawn Tennis 87 Turn that wall into a squash-racket court. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 8/2 Mr. John Jacob Astor has built a private ‘squash’ court. 1901 E. Miles Game of Squash i. 16 Americans generally use a Lawn-Tennis ball..and a Squash-Tennis racket, which is like a miniature Lawn-Tennis racket. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill ii. 26 He bought..a ‘squash’ racquet, ‘squash’ balls, and a yard ball. 1917 National Squash Tennis Assoc. Rules 18 Description and specifications of a Squash Tennis Court, as adopted by the National Squash Tennis Association... The dimensions of a Standard Court shall be..Length 32 feet 6 inches Width 17 feet. 1928 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 32/6 The success of the American players in the English squash racquets tournament... At the [American] colleges..squash racquets became more popular. 1930 A. Danzig Racquet Game iii. i. 157 The two varieties of squash—squash tennis and squash racquets—have so much in common that they may be called first cousins. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 375/3 Squash tennis, which was invented in Boston in 1890, is a purely American game. 1973 Times 28 Sept. 5/6 There is a wide disparity between the international and American versions of squash rackets. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 985/1 The squash racket is not as strong as the rackets racket. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 992/2 Squash tennis was born in a school in Concord, New Hampshire,..but..was refined by Feron, of New York, who first wrapped netting round the ball. < as lemmas |
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