have a good serve
She has a powerful serve.
她的发球很有力。
(体育)发球；轮到发球
(sports) the stroke that puts the ball in play
(体育)发球
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
Her powerful serve won her the first game of the match.
她有力的发球为她赢得了比赛的第一局。
用法提示：名词“serve”指网球等运动中的发球动作。
He practiced his serve for hours to improve his accuracy.
他练习发球数小时以提高准确性。
用法提示：名词“serve”指发球技术或动作。
The server's serve was so fast that the receiver couldn't return it.
发球员的发球太快，接球员无法回击。
用法提示：名词“serve”指发球员的发球行为。
She has a powerful serve.
她的发球很有力。
网球术语，指接发球方赢下对手的发球局。
He managed to break her serve in the third set.
他在第三盘成功破掉了她的发球局。
first/second serve 表示第一次/第二次发球。
His first serve was fast, but his second serve was weak.
他的第一发球很快，但第二发球很弱。
service与serve在名词意义下基本可互换，但service更正式，常用于规则描述。
grammar · medium
易错句子Serve is important in tennis.
正确表达A good serve is important in tennis.
用作名词表示“发球”时，serve是可数名词，通常需要冠词或限定词（如a, the, my等）修饰。直接使用原形serve作主语，缺少限定词，不符合英语语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a good serve.
正确表达He is a good server.
serve作为名词指“发球动作”或“发球方式”，而表示“发球的人”应该用server。此处混淆了动作执行者和动作本身，属于词义误用。
作为名词，指网球等运动中接发球的动作，与发球相对
serve作为名词专指发球这一击；service也可指发球动作，但更常见的是服务含义，易混淆
server指发球的人，而serve指发球这个动作或一次发球
有力的发球
He won the point with a powerful serve.
他以一记有力的发球赢得了这一分。
直接得分发球
Her ace serve was unstoppable today.
她今天的直接得分发球势不可挡。
破发
The player broke serve in the third game.
该选手在第三局破发成功。
一发
His first serve percentage was very high.
他的一发成功率非常高。
二发
She needs to improve her second serve.
她需要提高二发。
某人活该
He got a parking ticket for blocking the driveway. It served him right.
他因为堵住车道而收到停车罚单，他活该。
服刑
The thief served time in prison for his crimes.
那个小偷因犯罪在监狱服刑。
充当，用作
The old barn served as a shelter during the storm.
那个旧谷仓在暴风雨期间充当了避难所。
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