racket
(also racquet), n
1 [C] bat with a round or oval stringed frame, used for hitting the ball in tennis, badminton, etc (網球、 羽毛球等的)球拍. =>illus at squash, tennis 見 squash、 tennis 插圖.
2 rackets (also racquets) [sing v]
ball-game for two or four people played with rackets and a small hard ball in a four-walled court 墻網球(二人或四人玩的球戲, 使用球拍和一質硬小球, 場地四面有圍墻)
[attrib 作定語]
a rackets court, ball, match 墻網球的球場、 球、 比賽. Cf 參看 squash n 3.
racket n (infml 口)
1 [sing] loud noise; uproar or noisy disturbance 喧嚷; 吵鬧
What a racket the children are making! 這些孩子太吵了!
The students kicked up no end of a racket (ie were very noisy and boisterous) in the street. 這些學生在街上大吵大鬧.
2 [C]
(a) dishonest or illegal way of getting money 敲詐; 勒索; 詐騙
the gambling/protection/drugs racket 賭博[收?quot;;し?販毒]的勾當
Police investigating the fraud suspected him of being in on (ie profiting by) the racket. 警方調查這一詐騙案時懷疑他涉嫌參與詐騙活動.
(b) business or occupation 生意; 職業
What's your racket? 你是干哪一行的?
How did she get into the modelling racket? 她是怎樣當上模特兒的? racket, v [I, Ip]
~ (about/around) (infml 口) move about noisily; join in wild social activities 到處鬧騰; 參加喧鬧的社交活動.
?? 考研助記
正規軍(ra)為了公雞(ck)和外星人(et) 吵鬧
?? 擴展釋義
*['r?kit]n. 球拍, 喧鬧, 雜亂無章vi. 喧鬧vt. 用球拍打【法】 放蕩生活, 有組織的非法活動; 過放蕩生活, 忙于社交相關詞組: be in on a racket be all a racket stand the racket