| 词汇 | croquet |
| 词源 | croquet. Croquet was made famous on expansive, immacu- late English estate lawns in the mid-19th century, but the sport’s origins go back to France. There it was first played with a crooked stick called a croche (similar to a hockey stick) which eventually gave its name to the English game. |
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