| 释义 |
ˈknock-up, n. and a.
A. n. A practice or casual game at lawn tennis, squash rackets, etc.
1884E. W. Hamilton Diary 4 May (1972) II. 609 In the afternoon had a little ‘knock up’ at lawn tennis. 1922F. Hamilton P.J.: Secret Service Boy iii. 89 Shall we have a little knock-up against the wall of the stables? It doesn't make half a bad squash court. 1930W. S. Maugham Breadwinner ii. 73 Why don't you and Dinah go and have a knock-up? 1946Penguin New Writing XXVIII. 29 Expecting to find the three of them having a knock-up while they waited for him. 1973G. Mitchell Murder of Busy Lizzie xiv. 159 ‘I think I will go to bed.’.. ‘All right, unless you'd like a knock-up at table tennis first.’
B. adj. Designating a knock-up: see above.
1928Weekly Dispatch 24 June 21/7 Many of the world-famous players engaged in final ‘knock-up’ games at Wimbledon yesterday. |