racket1
KK: [ˈrækɪt]
DJ: [ˈrækit]
n.
- 喧嚷,吵鬧聲[S]
The young men in the next room made such a
racket last night.
昨天夜裡隔壁房間的那些年輕人大吵大嚷。
- 繁忙的社交;歡宴;花天酒地[the S]
She is tired of the
racket of modern life.
她對現代生活中的社交應酬已經厭煩了。
- 【口】敲詐;騙局;非法勾當[C]
He is involved in gambling and prostitution
rackets.
他涉入賭博和賣淫的非法生意。
They made excessive profits from the drug
rackets.
他們從毒品非法交易中獲取暴利。
Fashion is a
racket to sell clothes.
流行服飾是推銷服裝的一種鬼把戲。
- 【俚】【幽】行當,職業[C]
I found myself in the psychoanalysis
racket.
我發覺自己適於做精神分析行當。
- 嚴峻考驗;逆境[the S]
I am too old to stand the
racket.
我太老了,經不起這種折騰了。
vi.
- 喧嚷,大聲吵鬧[(+about/around)]
The world is
racketing around at an ever madder pace.
人世喧囂,節奏越來越快,簡直令人發瘋。
- 忙於社交應酬;花天酒地[(+about/around)]
She's been
racketing around among the nabobs.
她一直與大富翁為伴,過著花天酒地的生活。
片語
on the racket
- 縱情歡樂
Mary's out
on the racket as usual.
瑪麗像往常一樣外出尋樂去了。
stand the racket
- 承擔費用
Why don't we go to a restaurant? Bill will
stand the racket.
我們何不上餐館去?比爾會付帳。
衍生
辨析
racket2
KK: [ˈrækɪt]
DJ: [ˈrækit]
n.
- (網球,羽毛球等的)球拍[C]
I bought her a new tennis
racket.
我給她買了一支新的網球拍。
- 桌球球拍[C]
- 回力球遊戲[P][J]
racket1
n.
- a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.
- chiefly N. Amer. a snowshoe resembling this.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. raquette (see rackets).
racket2
n.
- a loud unpleasant noise.
▸archaic the liveliness of fashionable society.
- informal a fraudulent scheme for obtaining money.
▸a person's line of business.
v.
(rackets, racketing, racketed)
- make a racket.
-
(racket about/around)
enjoy oneself socially.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: perh. imitative of clattering.