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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 endbat:  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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