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tennis

noun
 
🔊/ˈtenɪs/
🔊/ˈtenɪs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court 网球
    • to play tennis打网球
    • a tennis player/court/ball一个网球运动员/法院/球
    • I met a friend for a quick game of tennis after work. 下班后我认识了一个朋友，打网球很快。
    • a tennis match/tournament网球比赛/比赛
    • She is a popular figure on the international tennis circuit.她是国际网球巡回赛中的当红人物。
    • He retired from competitive tennis at the age of 34.他在34岁时退出了职业网球比赛。
    see also court tennis, deck tennis, lawn tennis, real tennis, royal tennis, table tennisTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • men’s
    • women’s
    • junior
    • …
    … of tennis
    • game
    verb + tennis
    • play
    • watch
    tennis + noun
    • ball
    • racket
    • dress
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English tenetz, tenes ‘real tennis’, apparently from Old French tenez ‘take, receive’ (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir.