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单词 forehand
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forehand

(fɔːʳhænd)
Word forms: plural forehands
countable noun
A forehand is a shot in tennis or squash in which the palm of your hand faces the direction in which you are hitting the ball.
Agassi saw his chance and, with another lightning forehand, reached match point.

forehand in British English

(ˈfɔːˌhænd)
adjective (prenominal)
1.  sport
a. 
(of a stroke) made with the racket held so that the wrist is facing the direction of the stroke
b. 
of or relating to the right side of a right-handed player or the left side of a left-handed player
2. 
foremost or paramount
3. 
done or given beforehand
noun
4.  sport
a. 
a forehand stroke
b. 
the side on which such strokes are made
5. 
the part of a horse in front of the saddle
6. 
a frontal position
adverb
7.  sport
with a forehand stroke
verb
8.  sport
to play (a shot) forehand

forehand in American English

(ˈfɔrˌhænd)
noun
1.  Archaic
the position in front or above; advantage
2. 
the part of a horse in front of the rider
3. 
a kind of stroke, as in tennis, made with the arm extended and the palm of the hand turned forward
adjective
4.  Obsolete
done or given earlier
5. 
foremost; front
6. 
done or performed as or with a forehand
adverb
7. 
with a forehand

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Examples of 'forehand' in a sentence
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Another said:'I played a guy yesterday who stretched way over to play a forehand.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The tenth game offered him a chance and he took it with a blistering forehand return.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He reached match point with a stunning lob and clinched the win with a forehand volley at the net.
The Sun (2006)
He loves to serve aces, to swivel into position to play that majestic forehand of his.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Serb rescued one match point with a forehand winner before hitting another forehand.
The Sun (2008)
His final shot summed up the match, a forehand which dropped five yards past the baseline.
The Sun (2007)
On the second, he also moved forward and clipped a forehand volley into the open court.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I actually quite enjoy hitting constant forehand winners.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I cannot play a forehand at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are learning how to play the forehand top spin, one of the most important strokes in the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But he took the second set handily and the third was a dogfight until the Serb fashioned an astonishing forehand return.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And the crowd held its breath after four more faulty tosses in the final game, which was won with another fine forehand.
The Sun (2013)
Three of the lost opportunities came from her own forehand errors, two that flew long and one that finished in the net.
Barrett, J (ed) ITF World of Tennis (1993)
In the first set he committed 12 unforced errors on his forehand compared to just one at the opposing end of the court.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A surfeit of forehand errors and double faults did not aid the Chinese.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And not being able to do a forehand in tennis is like not being able to sing if you're the singer in a band.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
From 5-3 ahead, he hit another two errant forehand that cost him extended rallies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the Scot's running forehand winner is pure brilliance.
The Sun (2013)
He moves well for his height, he has a big forehand, great volleys and slice.
The Sun (2015)
His crunching forehand winner on the last point sent him on a joyous, leaping celebration, and with lucrative reason.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yesterday, he hit some crucial double faults and made forehand errors when he had the court at his mercy, particularly in the fourth set.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

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