时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课

   权威的《牛津英语词典》最近更新的网络版词库中,网球运动贡献了80多个新词和短语。爱运动的你,一起来看看吧。


  superbrat: players prone 1 to on-court outbursts
  超级小子:指在场上容易暴怒发脾气的人
  changeover: a pause in a match when players swap 2 ends of the court
  交换场地:比赛中途暂停,球员交换场地
  forced error: a mistake in play generated by an opponent’s skill
  受迫性失误:因为对手球打得好,自己没处理好而出现的失误
  bagel: a visual pun to describe the score in a set of six games to love (the 0 looks like the zero-shaped bread roll)
  满盘皆输:视觉双关语,形容0:6满盘皆输(0形似甜甜圈)
  tennis mom/dad: parents who actively 3 support their child’s playing ambitions.
  网球妈妈(爸爸):积极支持孩子打网球的父母
  英格兰草场网球和门球协会人士表示,一些16世纪就出现的网球术语这次也被纳入《牛津英语词典》,比如“love、deuce和advantage”等。这些词语本身有自己的含义,但在网球运动中有特定含义。
  love: a score of 0
  零分:网球运动中,love指得零分
  deuce: a tied score in tennis, and one player or side must win 2 successive points to win the game.
  局末平分:指局末双方选手平分情况,这时只有一方连赢两球才能获得本局胜利
  advantage:the point scored after deuce
  领先一分:指deuce情况下领先一分。也缩写为DEUCE Adv.

adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易
  • I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
  • This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
adv.积极地,勤奋地
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
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