喜樂美語
  1. 1正手；正手擊球

    In tennis, and in games like squash, , and table tennis, a forehand is a way of hitting the ball with the flat, palm side of your hand facing the direction of the ball. If you hold the in your right hand, a forehand is usually a swing on your right side. The opposite stroke is a backhand, with the back of the hand toward the ball. People say a forehand, a forehand shot, or she has a strong forehand. Coaches and match reports use it all the time; it is the normal sports word, not slang. (There is another, older use for the front of a horse, but that is not this meaning.)

組成fore- (toward the front) + hand.

同家族的字

  • handthe hand whose palm faces the ball
  • backhandthe opposite stroke, with the back of the hand toward the ball

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

Forehandname

  • 1

    A surname.

forehandnoun/fɔːhænd/

  • 1

    A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

    • the devastating speed of her forehand return
  • 2

    A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.

  • 3

    All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.

    • […]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked
  • 4

    archaicThe chief or most important part.

    • The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host
  • 5

    Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

    • And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king
  • 6

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe hand towards the front of the board.

forehandadj/fɔːhænd/

  • 1

    Beforehand; paid in advance.

    • a forehand rent

forehandverb/fɔːhænd/

  • 1

    To strike with a forehand stroke.

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