mass noun
1- a game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets槌球运动（一种用木槌击打木球使之穿过一系列拱门的草地运动）：
as modifier a croquet lawn槌球场。
1.1
- count noun an act of croqueting a ball（槌球中的）贴击。
(croqueted /-keɪd/ , croqueting /-keɪɪŋ/ )
- with obj. drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's.贴击（对方的球）。
词源
mid 19th cent.:perhaps a dialect form of French crochet 'hook'.