tennis

noun

/ˈtenɪs/

[uncountable]

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a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court
- to play tennis
- a tennis player/court/ball
- I met a friend for a quick game of tennis after work.
- a tennis match/tournament
- She is a popular figure on the international tennis circuit.
- He retired from competitive tennis at the age of 34.
see also court tennis, deck tennis, lawn tennis, real tennis, royal tennis, table tennisTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- men’s
- women’s
- junior
- …
… of tennis
- game
verb + tennis
- play
- watch
tennis + noun
- ball
- racket
- dress
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English tenetz, tenes ‘real tennis’, apparently from Old French tenez ‘take, receive’ (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir.

单词	tennis
释义	tennis noun /ˈtenɪs/ /ˈtenɪs/ [uncountable] jump to other results enlarge image a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court to play tennis a tennis player/court/ball I met a friend for a quick game of tennis after work. a tennis match/tournament She is a popular figure on the international tennis circuit. He retired from competitive tennis at the age of 34. see also court tennis, deck tennis, lawn tennis, real tennis, royal tennis, table tennisTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective men’s women’s junior … … of tennis game verb + tennis play watch tennis + noun ball racket dress … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English tenetz, tenes ‘real tennis’, apparently from Old French tenez ‘take, receive’ (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir.
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