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词汇 shuttlecock
释义 shuttlecock
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈʃʌt.əl.kɒk/ us /ˈʃʌt̬.əl.kɑːk/(informalshuttle); (USbirdie)
a small, light object with a rounded end to which real or artificial feathers are fixed, that is hit over the net in the game of badminton羽毛球
 
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shuttlecock | American Dictionary


shuttlecock
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃʌt̬·əlˌkɑk/(infmlbirdie); (infmlshuttle)
a small, light object with a rounded end to which real or artificial feathers are attached and which is hit over a net in the game of badminton

Examples of shuttlecock


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We have not attempted to make the fuel and power industries the shuttlecock of party politics.
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This matter has been something of a shuttlecock, but in any case we have now got a little further than we were when we started.
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For too long the industry has been the shuttlecock of politicians.
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Be that as it may, we have lived with the shuttlecock for a long time.
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The term "political shuttlecock" has been used on a number of occasions in this debate.
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I deplore making a shuttlecock out of this industry, as has been done with other industries.
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I feel a little like a shuttlecock today.
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Here we have a very important basic industry which the politicians have decided is to be a political shuttlecock.
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It is too serious to be a political shuttlecock.
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They want to be allowed to live their own lives, to work out their own future, and to cease to be the shuttlecock of politics.
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The mining industry has been the shuttlecock of negotiations and strife for too many years to make this issue to-night a party issue.
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He makes the most extraordinary shuttlecock movements backwards and forwards.
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Responsibility for that is being tossed about like a shuttlecock.
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I do not want to see town planning become the mere battledore or shuttlecock of politics.
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I do not think we should have this battledore and shuttlecock between the two courts.
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