croquet

名词 croquet:

1. a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg

动词 croquet:

1. drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
2. play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

cro.quet

n.（名词）
An outdoor game in which the players drive wooden balls through a series of wickets using long-handled mallets.
槌球游戏：一种用长柄木槌击打木球并使其穿过一系列球门的户外游戏
The act of driving away an opponent`s croquet ball by hitting one`s own ball when the two are in contact.
贴击：在槌球游戏中当自己的球紧贴对方的球时，击打自己的球把对方的球撞开的行为
v.tr.（及物动词）
cro.queted[-k3d.] cro.quet.ing[-k3.ng] cro.quets[-k3z.]
To drive away (an opponent`s croquet ball) by hitting one`s own ball when the two are in contact.
贴击对方的球：当自己的球与对方的球贴在一起时，击打自己的球而将（对方的槌球）撞开

来源：
French dialectal [hockey stick]
法语方言 [曲棍球棒]
from Old North French [shepherd`s crook] [diminutive of] croque * see crocket
源自 古法国北方方言 [牧羊杖] [] croque的小后缀 *参见 crocket