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tennis

/ten-is/US // ˈtɛn ɪs //UK // (ˈtɛnɪs) //

网球,网球运动,网球赛事,网球比赛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.

Examples

  • Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players ever, Williams’s only remaining snag is the Grand Slam record of a troublesome Margaret Court, who played in an era with weaker competition.

  • I was always playing tennis, and that was my path before it was interrupted.

  • I had a conversation with Andre Agassi a few years ago where he said that he actually never really liked tennis, and I was surprised to hear that.

  • So they nap wherever they can — on concrete, indoor tennis courts or on carpeted floors.

  • Although tennis officials have requested that players who repeatedly test negative over their first days in the country be treated leniently, government officials have refused.

  • According to police, Kory then attacked the victim with an aluminum tennis racket.

  • The celebrity of Li is hard to fathom in terms that American fans—tennis savvy or not—can fully comprehend.

  • Ask any tennis journalist (myself included) or public relations representative if they have a good Li Na story and they do.

  • I'm sure there will be a huge down fall in the next two to three years for women's tennis in China.

  • As Liu and Worcester note, Li brought tennis to an entire new population of fans, including Asians living around the globe.

  • After tea Betty executed a quite deliberate manœuvre to avoid having him for a partner at tennis.

  • I played lawn tennis in the morning, and after lunch down with Graham to Apia.

  • As for me, I have to lay aside my lawn tennis, having (as was to be expected) had a smart but eminently brief hemorrhage.

  • To half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.

  • Hal got his hat, and the chums went forth, again in their tennis flannel undress.