shuttlecock
/shuht-l-kok/US // ˈʃʌt lˌkɒk //UK // (ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk) //
毽子,毽球,羽毛球,板球
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- : the game of battledore.
v.有主动词 verb
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- : to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.
v.无主动词 verb
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- : to move or be bandied to and fro.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence.
Examples
The Mile High dinner series is just one of many events the cousins throw under their umbrella company, Shuttlecock Inc.
The difference is that instead of racquet and ball, battledore and shuttlecock are used.
Her mind had vacillated like a shuttlecock, but no one had seen the vacillation.
I am tired of going death-hunting, and not fool enough to play a game of shuttlecock with a lump of gold.
Once more Palestine became a shuttlecock between the kingdoms of the Nile and the Euphrates.
The shuttlecock of conversation was lightly bandied to and fro across the round table.
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