croquet
croquet 英 [ˈkrəʊkeɪ] 美 [kroʊˈkeɪ]
n. 槌球戏；循环球戏 vi. 打自己的球以击走对方的球
进行时:croqueting 过去式:croqueted 过去分词:croqueted 第三人称单数:croquets 名词复数:croquets
- Croquet (rhymes with “okay”) is a lawn game played by whacking a wooden ball with a mallet. It was all the rage in Europe in the 1800s, but people still play it worldwide, often at summer parties.
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- n. 槌球戏；循环球戏
- vi. 打自己的球以击走对方的球
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1. The other day I explored why croquet might have been made illegal.
我以前研究过为什么槌球游戏曾经可能是非法的。
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2. Why would these innocent activities—my own version of croquet aside—be made illegal I wondered.
我很奇怪，为何这些无辜的活动——我自创的槌球游戏除外——会被视作非法？
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3. On board Celebrity Solstice, real grass is used in the half-acre Lawn Club where passengers can enjoy a picnic or join a game of bocce or croquet. Watch glass blowers in action.
面积达半英亩的草坪俱乐部使用的是真正的草丛，游客在此能享用野餐或参加地掷球或槌球游戏。
- croquet (n.) 1858, from Northern French dialect croquet "hockey stick," from Old North French "shepherd's crook," from Old French croc (12c.), from Old Norse krokr "hook" (see crook). Game originated in Brittany, popularized in Ireland c. 1830, England c. 1850, where it was very popular until 1872.
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