tennis

IPA/ˈtenɪs/
KK[tˈɛnəs]IPA/ˈtenɪs/

tennis — noun

1. a sport in which two people (singles) or two teams of two (doubles) stand on opp

1.名詞A1
釋義

a sport in which two people (singles) or two teams of two (doubles) stand on opposite sides of a net and use a racket to send a small ball over the net toward the opponent's side, keeping it within the lines of a rectangular court

例句

Ari and Otis play tennis at the park every Saturday morning.

collocation: play tennis

Yumi bought a new tennis racket for her summer training camp.

collocation: tennis racket

用法筆記

Tennis is an uncountable noun, so it is treated as singular: Tennis is popular, not Tennis are popular. It can also be used before other nouns to describe equipment and places related to the sport (tennis ball, tennis player, tennis tournament).