racket

['rækit]

n.球拍
n.喧闹, 敲诈, <俚>行业,职业
v.喧闹, 花天酒地

n.

1. 喧嚷, 吵闹声[S]

The young men in the next room made such a racket last night.

昨天夜里隔壁房间的那些年轻人大吵大嚷。

2. 繁忙的社交; 欢宴; 花天酒地[the S]

She is tired of the racket of modern life.

她对现代生活中的社交应酬已经厌烦了。

3. 【口】敲诈; 骗局; 非法勾当[C]

He is involved in gambling and prostitution rackets.

他涉入赌博和卖淫的非法生意。

They made excessive profits from the drug rackets.

他们从毒品非法交易中获取暴利。

Fashion is a racket to sell clothes.

流行服饰是推销服装的一种鬼把戏。

4. 【俚】【幽】行当, 职业[C]

I found myself in the psychoanalysis racket.

我发觉自己适于做精神分析行当。

5. 严峻考验; 逆境[the S]

I am too old to stand the racket.

我太老了, 经不起这种折腾了。

vi.

1. 喧嚷, 大声吵闹[(+about/around)]

The world is racketing around at an ever madder pace.

人世喧嚣, 节奏越来越快, 简直令人发疯。

2. 忙于社交应酬; 花天酒地[(+about/around)]

She's been racketing around among the nabobs.

她一直与大富翁为伴, 过着花天酒地的生活。

词形变化

动词过去式: racketed | 动词过去分词: racketed | 动词现在分词: racketing | 动词第三人称单数: rackets |

词义辨析

同义:

n.喧闹; 骚动

noise  din  commotion  tumult  uproar  disturbance  hubbub  fracas  ado  fuss  rumpus  stir  row

n.欺骗(行为); 诡计

fraud  swindle  dishonesty  

英英释义

名词 racket:

a loud and disturbing noise

an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

同义词：fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

同义词：noise, dissonance

a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

同义词：racquet

动词 racket:

celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

同义词：revel, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail

make loud and annoying noises

hit (a ball) with a racket

短语词组

on the racket

1. 纵情欢乐

Mary's out on the racket as usual.

玛丽像往常一样外出寻乐去了。

stand the racket

1. 承担费用

Why don't we go to a restaurant? Bill will stand the racket.

我们何不上餐馆去? 比尔会付帐。

补充

racketracket英:[ˈrækit] 美:[ˈrækɪt]n.1.(网球等)球拍Can you loan me your tennis racket?你能把网球拍借给我用一下吗?The ball rebounded from his racket into the net.球从他的球拍上弹回网中。2.吵闹声Such a racket made me headache.这样的吵闹使我头痛。3.敲诈, 勒索, 诈骗, 非法勾当He was put into prison because of rackets.他因敲诈被捕入狱。They're involved in a drug-smuggling racket.他们卷进了毒品走私买卖。

例句

1. They're making a terrible racket.他们正在大吵大闹。 2. Stop making such a racket!不要这样吵闹！ 3. a racket operated by meat dealers肉贩子操控的非法买卖 4. a drugs racket毒品买卖 5. a smuggling racket走私勾当 6. The editorial says duty free is a racket and should be abolished.社评说免税是个骗局, 理应废除。 7. The children always racket about in the courtyard.孩子们总是在院子里吵吵闹闹。 8. His wife used to racket about when she was young.他的妻子年轻时经常过着花天酒地的生活。 9. the kids were making a racket.孩子们在大声喧哗。 10. a protection racket.收取保护费的黑社会组织。 11. I'm in the insurance racket.我干保险这一行。 12. trains racketed by.火车呼啸而过。 13. Stop making that terrible racket!别那么吵好不好！ 14. a drugs racket贩毒的勾当 15. a tennis racket网球拍 16. The kids have been making a terrible racket.这些孩子一直在大吵大闹。 17. What's all the racket?吵吵闹闹的是怎么回事？ 18. He was a member of a criminal racket.他参与了一起刑事诈骗。 19. He ran protection rackets for the mob.他干了为犯罪团伙收取保护费的勾当。 20. Is that all you do for a living? What a racket.那就是你的谋生之道？真是个容易赚钱的生计。 21. Acting has got to be a tough racket to succeed in.表演是一项很难成功的职业。