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单词 bocce
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Definition of bocce in English:

bocce

noun ˈbɒtʃiˈbɒtʃeɪˈbäCHē
mass noun
  • An Italian game similar to bowls but played on a shorter, narrower green.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the attempt was thwarted when the Russians landed in the town and found it full of aging, hairy, flabby Italian men playing bocce.
    • James Jennings, an athlete, said he took part in ten pin bowling and bocce.
    • The charity Scope is piloting a game for people with cerebral palsy called bocce, which is similar to the French game of boules.
    • It is a distant cousin of horseshoes and a close relative of bocce, but Petanque requires no specially prepared court - it can be played on most outdoor surfaces at any time.
    • Golds were won for boccia (a game similar to indoor bowling), plus men's 200m sprint, and wheelchair fencing events.
    • Last year they won the under-11 boys' hockey, were runners-up in the under-11 athletics and took the Fair Play awards in boccia, hockey, netball and rugby league.
    • St Lucia first participated in bocce at the 2000 North Carolina World Games.
    • While the vast majority of bocce games are played in area back yards, enthusiasts welcome the new courts in Occidental Park.
    • After months of training, the team is set to win in bocce, football and tack and field.
    • A type of bowling played on clay court called bocce is popular in small towns.
    • And we'll head south as well, to a school in Melbourne, where students are learning all manner of sports not usually of interest to Australian teenagers, like bocce, the Italian bowls game.
    • Originating in the south of France, petanque is a game similar to lawn bowls, or the Italian bocce.
    • The competition will include athletics, basketball, boccia, football, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, tennis and cycling.
    • When you play cards or boccia, or games in the family, there is always a winner and a loser.
    • Maybe, but after the game, we did kick their butts in bocce.
    • Among the sports the athletes will play are athletics, aquatics, tennis, five-a-side football, volleyball and bocce.
    • They made tables and seats for the ladies, and they often come here and play bingo while the men are playing bocce.
    • Gabriel, who suffers from cerebral palsy, will represent his country in the discipline known as boccia.
    • The Italian sport of bocce, lawn bowling with heavy metal balls, is a popular pastime.
    • Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.

Origin

Italian, 'bowls', plural of boccia 'ball'.

Rhymes

blotchy, notchy, splotchy
 
 

Definition of bocce in US English:

bocce

(also bocci, boccie)
nounˈbäCHē
  • An Italian game similar to lawn bowling but played on a shorter, narrower green.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • James Jennings, an athlete, said he took part in ten pin bowling and bocce.
    • The charity Scope is piloting a game for people with cerebral palsy called bocce, which is similar to the French game of boules.
    • Last year they won the under-11 boys' hockey, were runners-up in the under-11 athletics and took the Fair Play awards in boccia, hockey, netball and rugby league.
    • St Lucia first participated in bocce at the 2000 North Carolina World Games.
    • But the attempt was thwarted when the Russians landed in the town and found it full of aging, hairy, flabby Italian men playing bocce.
    • A type of bowling played on clay court called bocce is popular in small towns.
    • The competition will include athletics, basketball, boccia, football, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, tennis and cycling.
    • While the vast majority of bocce games are played in area back yards, enthusiasts welcome the new courts in Occidental Park.
    • Golds were won for boccia (a game similar to indoor bowling), plus men's 200m sprint, and wheelchair fencing events.
    • The Italian sport of bocce, lawn bowling with heavy metal balls, is a popular pastime.
    • When you play cards or boccia, or games in the family, there is always a winner and a loser.
    • Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
    • After months of training, the team is set to win in bocce, football and tack and field.
    • It is a distant cousin of horseshoes and a close relative of bocce, but Petanque requires no specially prepared court - it can be played on most outdoor surfaces at any time.
    • Among the sports the athletes will play are athletics, aquatics, tennis, five-a-side football, volleyball and bocce.
    • They made tables and seats for the ladies, and they often come here and play bingo while the men are playing bocce.
    • Gabriel, who suffers from cerebral palsy, will represent his country in the discipline known as boccia.
    • And we'll head south as well, to a school in Melbourne, where students are learning all manner of sports not usually of interest to Australian teenagers, like bocce, the Italian bowls game.
    • Originating in the south of France, petanque is a game similar to lawn bowls, or the Italian bocce.
    • Maybe, but after the game, we did kick their butts in bocce.

Origin

Italian, ‘bowls’, plural of boccia ‘ball’.

 
 
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