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单词 racket
释义 racket
1.
n. (also racquet)
  1. a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used in tennis, squash, etc.
  2. (in pl.) a ball game for two or four persons played with rackets in a plain four-walled court.
  3. a snow shoe resembling a racket.
Phrases and idioms
racket-ball a small hard orig. kid-covered ball of cork and string. racket-press a press for keeping rackets taut and in shape. racket-tail a S. American humming-bird, Loddigesia mirabilis, with a racket-shaped tail.
Etymology: F racquette f. It. racchetta f. Arab. raha palm of the hand
2.
n.
  1. a a disturbance; an uproar; a din. b social excitement; gaiety.
  2. sl. a a scheme for obtaining money or attaining other ends by fraudulent and often violent means. b a dodge; a sly game.
  3. colloq. an activity; a way of life; a line of business (starting up a new racket).
Derivatives
rackety adj.
Etymology: 16th c.: perh. imit.
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