lacrosse
/ləˈkrɒs/noun
mass noun
- a team game, originally played by North American Indians, in which the ball is thrown, carried, and caught with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame at one end with a piece of shallow netting in the angle长曲棍球, 兜网球（成队比赛项目, 源于北美印第安人; 用长柄、一头绷浅网的L形或三角形兜投、带或接球）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French （le jeu de） la crosse '(the game of) the hooked stick'. Compare with CROSSE.