racket
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rack·et /ˈrækɪt/ ●●○ noun 1 [singular] informalCLOUD/NOISY a loud noise 吵闹（声），喧嚣 The old machine used to make an awful racket. 这台旧机器以前噪音大得吓人。2 [countable] informalSC a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods 敲诈，勒索；非法勾当drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket. 警方认为他参与了国际走私的勾当。 → protection racket at protection(5)3 
[countable] (also racquet)DS a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end 〔网球等的〕球拍 → bat a tennis racket 网球拍 →5 see picture at 见图 sport1
[countable] (also racquet)DS a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end 〔网球等的〕球拍 → bat a tennis racket 网球拍 →5 see picture at 见图 sport1Examples from the Corpus
racket• It is best just to find a racket that suits your game.• I wish those kids would stop making such a racket upstairs.• There was a racket, as he pushed and pulled the boards.• the advertising racket• At Wolverhampton the carriage had all but emptied, leaving only a sleeping woman cradling a badminton racket.• If Nine Inch Nails' dreadful racket doesn't scare her off, nothing will.• The Mafia runs a highly sophisticated drugs racket.• The FBI believe they have found the real criminals behind a big gambling racket.• The Ghost rackets are of 100% graphite construction and retail for £199.99.• Police have uncovered an insurance racket in Cleveland.• She would have stayed asleep, too, if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment.• Bring your squash racket, as there are excellent courts for hire.• Would you stop that racket, please?• It's impossible to work with that racket going on.• The racket also absorbs shock on impact by way of its Tri-Level Shock Suppression System.make ... racket• Then one day he heard the birds making a frightful racket and this huge magpie flew out of the tree.• The sheep were making a racket, more than usual.drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket• Victims of the rare bird trade A SMUGGLING racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year, say undercover investigators.• The brothers who beat him up are involved in the drugs racket.• We never did crack the watch smuggling racket.From Longman Business Dictionaryracketrack‧et /ˈrækɪt/ noun [countable]COMMERCE a dishonest or illegal way of obtaining moneyHe had used his position to set up a cocaine racket.racket ina racket in stolen goods → extortion racket → protection racketOrigin racket 1. (1500-1600) Probably from the sound. 2. (1500-1600) French raquette, from Italian racchetta, from Arabic rahah “front of the hand”rack·et nounChineseSyllable
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racket
rack‧et /ˈrækət, ˈrækɪt/
noun
Origin: Probably from the sound.
Language: French
Origin: raquette, from Italian racchetta, from Arabic rahah 'front of the hand'1. [singular] informal a loud noise:
The old machine used to make an awful racket.
2. [countable] informal a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket. ⇨ protection racket at protection(5)
3.
[countable] (also racquet) a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end ⇨ bat:
a tennis racket
▪ noise a loud sound, especially an unpleasant one: Traffic noise is a problem in inner-city areas. | Why is the washing machine making so much noise?
▪racket/din a loud unpleasant noise, especially one that annoys you. Racket is more informal than din: I wish those kids would stop making such a racket. | I shouted to make myself heard above the din of the crowd. | the din of battle
▪row British English a very loud unpleasant noise, especially one that continues for a long time: the deafening row of the loudspeakers
▪roar a loud noise that continues for a long time – used about the noise from an engine, the traffic, a crowd, the sea, or the wind: She heard the roar of a motorbike behind her. | the roar of the waves breaking on the beach | the roar of the crowd at the Blue Jays baseball game
▪hubbub especially written the unclear sound of a lot of people talking and moving around in a place: It’s a wonderful place to escape from the hubbub of London’s busy streets. | His voice rose above the hubbub.
▪commotion especially written a noise made by people arguing or fighting: There was a big commotion going on outside the building. | He went downstairs to find out what was causing the commotion.
▪clamour British English, clamor American English literary a loud noise made by a group of people or things all making a noise at the same time: They heard the clamour of angry voices. | the clamor of the rain on the roof | the clamour of typewriters | the clamour of the birds
rack‧et /ˈrækət, ˈrækɪt/
noun Sense 1-2
Date: 1500-1600Origin: Probably from the sound.
Sense 3
Date: 1500-1600Language: French
Origin: raquette, from Italian racchetta, from Arabic rahah 'front of the hand'
2. [countable] informal a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
3.
[countable] (also racquet) a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end ⇨ bat:
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