英语词汇lawn tennis的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

lawn tennis. When the island of Tanis was abandoned, in Lake Manzal, Egypt, the tinnisi cloth made there was put to good use and, according to one source, was made to cover ten- nis balls and “supplied the name of tennis.” That is the tradi- tional story of the naming of tennis, but some sources believe tennis, or more likely, lawn tennis, was invented by British ma- jor Walter C. Wingfield in 1874. Lawn tennis is also called field tennis and tennis not played on lawns or grass include clay court and asphalt tennis.

词汇	lawn tennis
词源	lawn tennis. When the island of Tanis was abandoned, in Lake Manzal, Egypt, the tinnisi cloth made there was put to good use and, according to one source, was made to cover ten- nis balls and “supplied the name of tennis.” That is the tradi- tional story of the naming of tennis, but some sources believe tennis, or more likely, lawn tennis, was invented by British ma- jor Walter C. Wingfield in 1874. Lawn tennis is also called field tennis and tennis not played on lawns or grass include clay court and asphalt tennis.
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