释义 |
[ shuht-l-kok ] / ˈʃʌt lˌkɒk /
nounAlso called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown. the game of battledore. verb (used with object)to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock. verb (used without object)to move or be bandied to and fro. adjectiveof such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence. Origin of shuttlecockFirst recorded in 1515–25; shuttle + cock1 Words nearby shuttlecockshutter speed, shut the door, shutting stile, shuttle, shuttle armature, shuttlecock, shuttlecraft, shuttle diplomacy, shut up, Shvernik, shwa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shuttlecockThe Mile High dinner series is just one of many events the cousins throw under their umbrella company, Shuttlecock Inc. Join The Mile High (Dining) Club|Allison McNearney|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Spinning a top is second to no exercise which I have yet mentioned, unless it is playing at shuttlecock. The Young Mother|William A. Alcott He pictured his country ravaged, broken, desolate, buffeted like a shuttlecock between the rackets of fate. The Blood Red Dawn|Charles Caldwell Dobie It is to be a shuttlecock between discontent and temptation. What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He knew I was not a shuttlecock, to be bandied about at pleasure. The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2|Camden Pelham When she had rowed away from the house, Chin went inside and got his shuttlecock. Our Little Siamese Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
British Dictionary definitions for shuttlecock
nouna light cone consisting of a cork stub with feathered flights, struck to and fro in badminton and battledoreOften shortened to: shuttle anything moved to and fro, as in an argument verbto move or cause to move to and fro, like a shuttlecock Word Origin for shuttlecockC16: from shuttle + cock 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |