1 [C,U] a place where legal trials take place and crimes, etc are judged 法庭;法院:
A man has been charged and will appear in court tomorrow.有一名男子被起诉,明天出庭。Bill's company are refusing to pay him so he's decided to take them to court.比尔的公司拒绝付他工资,所以他决定控告他们。
2the court [sing] the people in a court, especially those taking part in the trial 法庭内的人(尤指参与审判者):
Please tell the court exactly what you saw.请你把当时看见的确切情况告诉本庭。
3 [C,U] an area where certain ball games are played (某些球类活动的)场地:
a tennis/squash/badminton court网球╱壁球╱羽毛球场☞Compare pitch ¹. 与pitch^1比较。
court²
/kɔ:t ||; kɔrt/verb[T]
1 to try to gain sb's support by paying special attention to him/her 取悦;讨好:
Politicians from all parties will be courting voters this week.所有政党都会在本周设法赢得选民支持。
2 to do sth that might have a very bad effect 招惹;招致:
Britain is courting ecological disaster if it continues to dump waste in the North Sea.如果英国继续把废物倾倒在北海,就会惹来生态灾难。