☑️ table tennis (n.) 桌球

📖 a game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball on a table with a net across it

#️⃣ 單字來源與延伸：

table tennis 可以追溯回19世紀末期，是英國上層社會家庭晚餐過後的休閒娛樂活動，以前的名字有'ping pong’乒乓球、'whiff waff' 和 'flim flam’，於1988漢城(首爾)奧運首次被列入比賽項目之一。

🎙 延伸學習，與桌球有關常見詞彙：

📝rally (n.) 來回對抽

📝playing style (n.) 打法

📝serving technique (n.) 發球技巧

📝racket (n.) 球拍

📝stroke (n.) 擊球

📝spin (n.) 旋轉

📝topspin (n.) 上旋球

📝backspin (n.) 下旋球

📝sidespin (n.) 側旋球

🎙 延伸學習，桌球看點？

🏓The small size of the table tennis table belies the intense and dynamic character of play, with balls hit at speeds in excess of 100km/h and players constantly switching from defense to attack.

🏓Table tennis players need lightning reactions, incredible agility and high levels of fitness. In order to capitalize on their own different physical and technical strengths, some players favor a stance that positions them close to the table while others prefer to operate from a distance.

🏓桌球桌的小尺寸掩蓋了比賽的激烈和動態特性，擊球速度超過100公里/小時，球員不斷從防守轉換為進攻。

🏓桌球運動員需要閃電般的反應、難以置信的敏捷性和高水平的身體素質。 為了利用自己不同的身體和技術優勢，一些球員喜歡靠近桌子的位置，而其他人則喜歡遠距離打法。

💬本集的必備例句

Taiwan's 19-year-old table tennis player Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) on Thursday (July 29) forced world No. 1 Fan Zhendong (樊振東) of China into a seventh game, before losing 3-4 in the last few minutes of the men's singles semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics.

– Focus Taiwan, 29 July, 2021 （台灣 19 歲的桌球選手林昀儒於週四（7 月 29 日）迫使世界排名第一的中國選手樊振東進入第七局，在最後幾分鐘內以 3-4 輸掉東京奧運桌球男單半決賽。）

📈多讀一點點：

https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202107290015

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