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单词 backhand
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backhand

(bækhænd)
Word forms: plural backhands
variable noun
A backhand is a shot in tennis or squash, which you make with your arm across your body.
She practised her backhand.

backhand in British English

(ˈbækˌhænd)
noun
1.  sport
a. 
a stroke made across the body with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
b. 
(as modifier)
a backhand return
2. 
the side on which backhand strokes are made
3. 
handwriting slanting to the left
adverb
4. 
with a backhand stroke
verb (transitive)
5.  sport
to play (a shot) backhand

backhand in American English

(ˈbækˌhænd)
noun
1. 
handwriting that slants backward, up to the left
2. 
a kind of stroke, as in tennis, with the back of the hand turned forward, the arm being brought forward from across the body
adjective
3. 
done with the back of the hand turned inward, as for a baseball catch, or forward, as for a tennis stroke, and with the arm across the body
4. 
written in backhand
adverb
5. 
with a backhand
verb transitive
6.  US
to catch (a ball) with the back of the hand turned inward and arm extended across the body
7. 
to hit (a ball) with a backhand stroke

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Examples of 'backhand' in a sentence
backhand

My forehand went better than my backhand but it was a good first match for me.
The Sun (2015)
Then a poor serve and a backhand error and it was one set all.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has a good serve and a good backhand.
The Sun (2008)
He netted a tame backhand service return on the next point and the force was with his opponent again.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some phenomenal backhand and forehand hits to wear the Scot down.
The Sun (2011)
It all ended when the Serb placed a backhand shot into the net.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Once again there were 40 backhand errors.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He attempts a deft backhand drop shot that appears beyond his opponent's reach.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Ah, that terrible ballooning backhand error on match point.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it's more difficult to play the backhand shot.
The Sun (2012)
He duly pocketed the second set when a backhand service return from the American flew wildly from the frame.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His strengths are his serve and volley, but he also possess one of the most elegant backhand slices in tennis.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And let's not forget he has a single-handed backhand.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If you are a right-hander, that is also your backhand side.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If there is one major flaw in his game, it's his backhand return at the net.
The Sun (2015)
So I play to your backhand.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her husband emerges from the house, dressed in tennis whites, practising a few backhand strokes in the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He came out with a decidedly retro game, a one-handed backhand and a pronounced taste for following the big serve with a volley.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Once more it was the forehand, a less flashy stroke than her backhand but a more reliable one, that did the job.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On tennis A good backhand is fantastic because it goes away from your body unlike the the forehand, which crosses over you.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Word lists with
backhand

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Chinese translation of 'backhand'

backhand

(ˈbækhænd)

n (c/u)

  1. 反手击(擊)球 (fǎnshǒu jīqiú) (次, cì)

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