croquet

croquet

英 ['krəʊkeɪ; -kɪ]
　　美 [kro'ke]

n. 槌球戲；循環球戲
　　vi. 打自己的球以擊走對方的球
　　n. (Croquet)人名；(法)克羅凱

中文詞源：

croquet 槌球

詞源同crook, crank, cricket, 因其球桿形如彎棍而得名。

例句：

1. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.
你可以參加南邊草坪上的槌球遊戲。

2. She cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself.
她跟自己玩槌球的時候欺騙瞭自己.

3. An excellent time to try out my new croquet set.
嗯,這是個試驗我最新想出來的槌球遊戲的好機會.

4. Perhaps we can still salvage my croquet set.
我們應該去找回那些槌球遊戲的東西.

5. A sport similar to the handball, called croquet, originally existed in Germany.
地處中歐的德國原有類似手球的活動, 稱為門球.