单词 | lawn-tennis |
释义 | ˈlawn-ˈtennis [lawn n.2] A modification of the game of tennis (tennis n. 1), played in the open air on a lawn, or other prepared ground. Now usu. called simply tennis (tennis n. 2).
1874Army & Navy Gaz. XV. 154 A new game has just been patented by Major Wingfield..‘Lawn Tennis’—for that is the name..is a clever adaptation of Tennis to the exigencies of an ordinary lawn. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 190 And now came the brief bright season of rustic entertainments.. lawn-tennis—archery—water parties. attrib.1884Harper's Mag. Jan 297/2 Lawn-tennis clubs. |

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