单词 | lawn tennis |
释义 | lawn1 /lön/noun
ORIGIN: laund lawned adjective lawnˈy adjective lawnˈmower noun A machine for cutting grass on a lawn lawn party noun (US) A garden party lawnˈ-sprinkˈler noun A machine for watering a lawn by sprinkling lawn tennis noun The modern form of tennis, as opposed to real tennis tennis /tenˈis/nounA game played by hitting a small ball over a net with a racket, if possible in such a way as to prevent its return, usu now referring to lawn tennis, played by one or two a side on a grass, clay or hard court, but formerly to an ancient game played (orig using the palms of the hands) in a specially constructed building or enclosed court, and distinguished from lawn tennis, which was derived from it, as close tennis, court tennis, real tennis(ie genuine, original), or (in Australia from the late 19c) royal tennis ORIGIN: Prob Fr tenez, (Anglo-Fr tenetz) imperative of tenir to take, receive tennis elbow noun An inflamed condition of the muscle that extends the wrist, at the point where it arises at the elbow, caused by over-exercise short tennis see under short |
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