croquet 的 2 个定义
- 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.
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.
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- 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.