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play croquet
（名词词义）表示打槌球这项运动，“play + 球类/游戏”时通常不加冠词。
We often play croquet on Sundays.
我们经常在星期天打槌球。
槌球
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
槌球
a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to go through all the hoops and hit a peg
We often play croquet on Sundays.
我们经常在星期天打槌球。
在草坪上进行的一项游戏,玩家用木槌击球穿过球门。
A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
一种游戏,玩家用木球击打通过一系列铁环；第一个通过所有铁环并击中木桩者获胜
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
该游戏中的一种击球,在贴球后两球接触,击打本球使两球移动。
A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
Every summer, my grandparents set up a croquet game in the backyard.
每年夏天，我的祖父母都会在后院布置槌球游戏。
We spent the whole afternoon playing croquet on the grass.
我们在草地上玩了一下午槌球。
To win at croquet, you have to hit your ball through all the hoops.
要在槌球比赛中获胜，你必须把球依次击过所有的铁环。
（名词词义）表示打槌球这项运动，“play + 球类/游戏”时通常不加冠词。
We often play croquet on Sundays.
我们经常在星期天打槌球。
（名词词义）“a game of croquet”指一场槌球比赛或活动。
The garden is large enough for a game of croquet.
这个花园足够大，可以打一场槌球。
（动词词义）在槌球比赛中，指将自己的球紧贴对方球并击打，使对方球被击出。
He croqueted his friend's ball across the lawn.
他把朋友的球贴击到了草坪另一边。
Not this
We played a croquet in the park.
Use this
We played croquet in the park.
croquet 作“槌球运动”讲时是不可数名词，不能直接加 a；汉语说“玩一场槌球”时，英语应说 play croquet 或 a game of croquet，但不能说 play a croquet。
Not this
He croquet my ball yesterday.
Use this
He croqueted my ball yesterday.
动词 croquet 表示“用己方球击（对方的球）”，过去式按规则加 -ed 为 croqueted；原句陈述过去发生的事却用动词原形，所以应改成 croqueted。
Not this
We went to the park to play croquette.
Use this
We went to the park to play croquet.
croquet（槌球）与 croquette（炸丸子）形近义异；表示“玩槌球”只能用 croquet，不能写成表示食物的 croquette。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打槌球
We played croquet in the garden on Sunday.
我们星期天在花园里打槌球。
一场槌球比赛
They are having a game of croquet on the lawn.
他们正在草坪上打一场槌球。
槌球草坪
The hotel has a beautiful croquet lawn.
这家酒店有一片漂亮的槌球草坪。
槌球套装
She bought a croquet set for the family.
她为家人买了一套槌球用具。
槌球槌
He swung his croquet mallet and hit the ball through the hoop.
他挥动槌球槌，把球击过了铁环门。
槌球铁环门
The ball passed through the croquet hoop.
球穿过了槌球铁环门。
你会打槌球吗？
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the imperious Queen of Hearts asks Alice this before a bizarre croquet game in which flamingos are used as mallets and hedgehogs as balls.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中，专横的红心王后在开始一场以火烈鸟作球槌、刺猬作球的奇异槌球游戏前这样问爱丽丝。
Use croquet naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
croquet 槌球：把中间的 q 想成球，挥槌击 q 过拱门，重音在结尾 ke。
语域：neutral 常见场景：lawn games、outdoor recreation、garden parties croquet 是中性词，通常指在草坪上用木槌击球穿环的户外游戏，多用于休闲娱乐或社交聚会等场合。
注意：okay、bouquet、ballet、parquet、crochet 的末尾重读元音都是 /eɪ/，与 croquet 押韵；但拼写相似的 croquette 读作 /kroʊˈkɛt/，并不押韵，切勿混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.