1(in tennis, basketball, and other games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line.
（网球、篮球等运动的）后场
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The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
2The defensive players in a basketball team.
（篮球队里的）后卫
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He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.
They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
3(especially in Glasgow) a courtyard behind a house or tenement.
（尤在格拉斯哥）后院
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Your one-bedroom tenement with its close and communal backcourt may seem a few steps removed from a laminate floored loft, but trust me, you are now living in an apartment.
Definition of backcourt in US English:
backcourt
nounˈbakˌkôrtˈbækˌkɔrt
1(in tennis, basketball, and similar games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line.
（网球、篮球等运动的）后场
Example sentencesExamples
And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
1.1The defensive players in a basketball team.
（篮球队里的）后卫
Example sentencesExamples
They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.