| 单词 | stop-volley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstop-volley stop-volley v. Tennis and Squash transitive and intransitive to volley (an opponent's shot) by absorbing the power of the incoming ball in such a way that it bounces off the racket and falls just over the net; to play a stop volley (against); cf. drop-volley vb. at drop- comb. form Additions. ΚΠ 1920 W. T. Tilden Art of Lawn Tennis xiii. 140 He angles soft to the side-lines, stop volleys the hardest drives successfully. 1923 Register (Adelaide) 18 Aug. 13/4 He cannot stop volley; if he attempts to do so he invariably permits the ball to roll from his racquet into the net. 1997 D. Rutnagur Khans Unlimited: Hist. Squash in Pakistan 28 My effort to reach for my wallet was checked with the same speed of reflexes with which he stop-volleyed el Karim's attempted passing shots. 2008 Independent on Sat. (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Sport section) 16 Federer stop-volleyed and rescued a seemingly impossible drop-shot, but cracked on set point against his serve. < as lemmas |
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