Shuttlecock
['ʃʌt(ə)lkɒk] or ['ʃʌtl'kɑk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers.
(verb.) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock.
凯瑟琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
(v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Kind service cannot be chucked from hand to hand like a shuttlecock or stool-ball. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And shuttlecock, now--I don't know a finer game than shuttlecock for the daytime. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adele and Pilot--ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Doubtful which might be the clarionet-stop, he was considering the point, when a shuttlecock flew out of the parlour window, and alighted on his hat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Adele here ran before him with her shuttlecock. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The window being accessible from the footway, he looked in over the blind, returned the shuttlecock, and put his question. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
錄入:斯威尼