real tennis
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mass noun
- the original form of tennis, played with a solid ball on an enclosed court divided into equal but dissimilar halves, the service side (from which service is always delivered) and the hazard side (on which service is received). A similar game was played in monastery cloisters in the 11th century.庭院网球（网球的原始形式, 用一个实心球在四周有围墙的庭院里打, 庭院分成相等而不同的两半, 有发球方和接球方; 11世纪一种类似的游戏曾经在修道院的回廊里进行）。