奧運會體育之四大運動項目

來源：查字典奧運會網  發布時間： 2016-07-05

　　The World's Fastest Racket Sport: Badminton 羽毛球

　　As far back as the 5th century BC, the Chinese were playing Ti Jian Zi, or shuttle-kicking, a game played with the feet. The shuttlecock was there, but it remains unclear whether it led to the game of battledore and shuttlecock that arose about five centuries later in China, Japan, India and Greece. The battledores were the early versions of today's racquets. By the 1600s, battledore and shuttlecock had developed into a popular children's game. It soon became a favourite pastime of nobles and the leisured classes of many European countries, becoming known as "jeu de volant" on the continent.

　　Badminton was contested as a demonstration sport during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It debuted as a full medal sport in 1992 at Barcelona. Men and women compete at the Olympics in both singles and doubles, and the events have been dominated by Indonesia, China, and Korea. It is recorded that the fastest speed of badminton is 332 kilometres per hour which is made by Chinese double men's players Fu Haifeng.

　　racket: 名詞，文中解釋為"球拍"。它還可以作為動詞表示"過著花天酒地"的生活。

　　battledore and shuttlecock: 板羽球游戲

　　racquet: 名詞，球拍游戲。

　　pastime: 名詞，娛樂，消遣

　　debut: 名詞和動詞，解釋為"初次登場，亮相"。