tennis

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈtɛnɪs/    /ˈtɛnɪs/|/ˈtenɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. uncountable,usually
    — “Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
  2. A match in this sport. dated,uncountable,usually
    — We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]
  3. An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — tennis-balls
动词 v.
  1. To play tennis. dated,intransitive
  2. To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball. transitive
    — they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them

词形变化

tennises plural tennises present,singular,third-person tennising participle,present tennised participle,past tennised past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
词源 2
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
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