| 释义 |
croquet/ˈkrəʊkei, -ki/ n. & v.●n. 1 a game played on a lawn, with wooden balls which are driven through a series of hoops with mallets 槌球游戏(在草坪上进行，用木槌击打木球钻过一系列的小圈) 2 the act of croqueting a ball 贴击(指槌球游戏中将自己的球紧贴在对方的球旁，然后击打以撞走对方的球) ●v. tr. (croqueted /-keid/; croqueting /-keiiŋ/) drive away (one's opponent's ball in croquet) by placing one's own against it and striking one's own 贴击(对方的球) [perhaps a dialect form of French CROCHET ‘hook’] |