pickleball

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A racquet sport resembling tennis, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, table tennis and wiffleball. uncountable
    — For the rapidly decreasing number of Americans who've never heard of pickleball, the obscure paddleball game is America's fastest growing sport for the second year in a row.
  2. The ball used in the sport of pickleball. countable

词形变化

pickleballs plural pickle ball alternative pickle-ball alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
pickleballer pickler pukaball

词源

From pickle boat and ball. Coined by the sport inventor's wife who was reminded "of the pickle boat in rowing where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats." Similarly, the game initially used left-over equipment from badminton, table tennis, and wiffleball.
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