Croquet is a game played on grass. Players hit coloured balls with a wooden mallet (a long-handled hammer) and try to send each ball under curved wires called hoops, in the right order, then hit a peg at the end.

Croquet槌球 is a game played on grass是一種在草地上玩的遊戲。Players玩家 hit coloured balls with a wooden mallet (a long-handled hammer)用一根木槌（長柄的槌子）打彩色的球，and try to send each ball under curved wires called hoops試著把每顆球打過一個個叫做 hoop 的彎形鐵絲門，in the right order依照正確的順序，then hit a peg at the end最後再打中終點的木樁。

It looks gentle and polite, the sort of summer-lawn game you see with tea — though actually players can be quite fierce, knocking other people’s balls away on purpose. That knock is part of the game.

It looks gentle and polite它看起來很溫和、很優雅，the sort of summer-lawn game you see with tea就是那種會配著喝茶、在夏天草地上玩的遊戲——though actually players can be quite fierce不過其實玩家可以打得很兇，knocking other people's balls away on purpose故意把別人的球打飛。That knock這種故意撞開對手球的動作 is part of the game是遊戲規則的一部分。

In many English-speaking places it still feels a little old and posh, even when ordinary families play it in the garden.

In many English-speaking places在許多英語系國家，it still feels a little old and posh它還是給人一種老派、有點上流的感覺，even when ordinary families play it in the garden即使是普通家庭在自家花園裡玩也一樣。

The same word can be a verb: to croquet someone’s ball is to send it away with yours.

The same word can be a verb這個字也可以當動詞用：to croquet someone's ballcroquet 某人的球 is to send it away with yours就是用自己的球把對方的球打走。