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/ˈbædmɪntən/
a sport that is played like tennis, with two or four players hitting a light over a high net, using . The has feathers, so it is not a ball.
羽球；羽毛球
核心畫面
Picture a net stretched high between two players, and something light with feathers flying back and forth over it — never bouncing on the ground the way a ball does, but floating up and dropping fast. The game looks like tennis at a distance, but the thing you hit is a , and the whole feel of the play comes from how light it is.
可以想成這樣一幅畫面：一張高高拉起的網，兩邊的人用球拍把一個插著羽毛的輕東西打來打去。它不像球會落地反彈，而是被打上…更多收起
可以想成這樣一幅畫面：一張高高拉起的網，兩邊的人用球拍把一個插著羽毛的輕東西打來打去。它不像球會落地反彈，而是被打上去、然後直直往下墜——所以整場的節奏都跟這個「輕」有關。遠遠看很像網球，但打的不是球，是羽毛球（shuttlecock）。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Badmintonname
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A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
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A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.
badmintonnoun/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/
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A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
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A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。