croquet

/kroh-key; British kroh-key, -kee/US // kroʊˈkeɪ; British ˈkroʊ keɪ, -ki //UK // (ˈkrəʊkeɪ, -kɪ) //

槌球,槌球运动,槌球比赛,门球

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
- : the act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.

v.有主动词 verb

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cro·queted [kroh-keyd; British kroh-keyd, -keed], /kroʊˈkeɪd; British ˈkroʊ keɪd, -kid/, cro·quet·ing [kroh-key-ing; British kroh-key-ing, -kee-ing]. /kroʊˈkeɪ ɪŋ; British ˈkroʊ keɪ ɪŋ, -ki ɪŋ/.
- : to drive away by a croquet.

Put another way, for every four gallons used for cooking, washing, and bathing, another six go for preparing the croquet course.
Motor boating, pigeon shooting, pistol dueling, and croquet were all featured in the 1900 games, to name just a few of the wildest examples.
The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.
After breakfast we had a merry time at croquet, and then a still merrier time at foot-ball.
To half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.
Croquet playing became so interesting to us that we could not find time to do all our playing during the day.
Then followed days of tennis and croquet, of picnics and teas with the Vicar's pretty daughters and the Squire's awkward sons.