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Racket ˈrækɪt Informal Loud Illegal N Strings Tennis

The word "racket" has multiple meanings: it can refer to a loud, unpleasant noise, an illegal money-making scheme, or the sports equipment used in games like tennis and badminton. The spelling "racquet" is also used for the sports equipment.

The word "racket" has multiple meanings: it can refer to a load, unpleasant noise, an illegal money-making scheme, or the sports equipment used in games like tennis and badminton. The spelling "racquet" is also used for the sports equipment.

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/ræ̱kɪt/
The spelling racquet is also used for meanings 3 and 4. 义项3和4亦可拼作racquet。
1
[N-SING 单数名词]喧嚷;吵闹声 A racket is a loud unpleasant noise.
  • He makes such a racket I'm afraid he disturbs the neighbours...

    他如此大声喧闹,我怕他打扰了邻居。

  • My dream was interrupted by the most awful racket coming through the walls...

    我的睡梦被隔壁极为恼人的吵闹声给搅了。

  • The racket of drills and electric saws went on past midnight.

    钻孔机和电锯的噪声过了半夜还继续响着。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]非法的赚钱勾当 You can refer to an illegal activity used to make money as a racket .
  [oft n N]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • A smuggling racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year.

    走私活动每年都会导致数千只珍奇鸟类死亡。

  • Suspicious fans exposed the racket and police arrested a man in Nottingham.

    起了疑心的爱好者揭发了这一勾当,警察在诺丁汉逮捕了一名男子。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](网球、壁球、羽毛球等用的)球拍 A racket is an oval-shaped bat with strings across it. Rackets are used in tennis, squash, and badminton.
  [oft n N]
  • Tennis rackets and balls are provided.

    提供网球拍及网球。

4
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]硬球壁球 Rackets is a game which is similar to squash but which is played with a hard ball.

    Oxford racket / ˈrækɪt ; NAmE ˈrækɪt / noun 1 [singular ] ( informal) a loud unpleasant noise 喧哗;吵闹 SYN
    din
    ◆ Stop making that terrible racket! 别吵啦!
    2 [countable ] ( informal) a dishonest or illegal way of getting money 诈骗;勒索 ◆ a protection/extortion/drugs, etc. racket 收取保护费、敲诈、贩毒等勾当 3 ( also rac·quet ) [countable ] a piece of sports equipment used for hitting the ball, etc. in the games of tennis, squashor badminton.It has an ovalframe, with strings stretched across and down it. (网球、羽毛球等的)球拍 ☞compare
    bat
      n.  (1 )
    4 rackets , racquets [uncountable ] a game for two or four people, similar to squash,played with racketsand a small hard ball in a courtwith four walls 墙网球 racket rackets racketed racketing
    racket / ˈrækɪt ; NAmE ˈrækɪt /
    LDC
    racketrack‧et /ˈrækɪt/ ●●○ noun
    Word Origin
    Examples
    Thesaurus
    Collocations
    Phrases
    1racket_s3 (3) [singular] informal a loud noise:  The old machine used to make an awful racket.2[countable] informal a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goodsdrugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket. → protection racket
    at protection(5)
    3[countable] (also racquet) a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end → bat:  a tennis racket
    WDF

    racket

    [ˈrækɪt]

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    NOUN11959
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    Spoken:

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    rackets[709]
    球拍(81%),喧闹(11%),花天酒地(3%),敲诈(3%),职业(2%)
    n.球拍;吵闹,喧闹
    vt.过着花天酒地的生活
    vi.过着花天酒地的生活

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