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Definition of croquet in English: croquetnounPlural croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ mass noun1A game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets. 槌球运动(一种用木槌击打木球使之穿过一系列拱门的草地运动) as modifier a croquet lawn Example sentencesExamples - A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles.
- That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
- I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden.
- Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe.
- As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn.
- Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
- The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities.
- She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade.
- The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland.
- Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design.
- It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn.
- You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers.
- Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet.
- It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking.
- With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities.
- We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house.
- My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
- In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room.
- Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look.
- The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together.
- 1.1count noun An act of croqueting a ball.
(槌球中的)贴击 Example sentencesExamples - A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play.
- A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another.
verbcroqueting, croqueted, croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ [with object]Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's. 贴击(对方的球) Example sentencesExamples - Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet 'hook'. Different as they seem, croquet and crochet (mid 19th century) are probably the same word. Croquet is thought to be a form of French crochet ‘hook, shepherd's crook’, which can mean ‘hockey stick’ in parts of France, and in English refers to a handicraft in which yarn is made up into fabric with a hooked needle. The lawn game in which you drive balls through hoops with a mallet seems to have been invented in France but introduced to Ireland, from where it spread to England in the 1850s and quickly became a popular sport among the aristocracy. The French word is also the source of the musical note called the crotchet (Middle English), from its shape, and also the old-fashioned term meaning a perverse belief, a hooked or twisted point of view, in use since Middle English, and giving us the term crotchety in the early 19th century.
Definition of croquet in US English: croquetnounkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ 1A game played on a lawn, in which colored wooden balls are driven through a series of wickets by means of mallets. 槌球运动(一种用木槌击打木球使之穿过一系列拱门的草地运动) as modifier a croquet lawn Example sentencesExamples - Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design.
- We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house.
- Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look.
- The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities.
- Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet.
- Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
- The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together.
- It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking.
- With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities.
- She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade.
- Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe.
- I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden.
- The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland.
- It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn.
- A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles.
- My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
- As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn.
- In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room.
- That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
- You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers.
- 1.1 An act of croqueting a ball.
(槌球中的)贴击 Example sentencesExamples - A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another.
- A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play.
verbkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ [with object]Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's ball. 贴击(对方的球) Example sentencesExamples - Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet ‘hook’. |