Definition of serve-and-volley in English:

serve-and-volley

adjective

Tennis

Denoting a style of play in which the server moves close to the net after serving, ready to play an attacking volley off the service return.
〔网球〕发近网球以便准备还击的
Example sentencesExamples
- He played a masterful grass-court match against Agassi, mixing his acrobatic serve-and-volley game with off-speed shots.
- Her serve-and-volley game made an immediate impression.
- One of the saddest inevitabilities in tennis is that in a few years, coaches will look at tapes of this pure and agile serve-and-volley player and realise they've made such an art extinct.
- But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass.
- But newer rackets have given enough of an advantage to the return of serve that virtually no one plays the serve-and-volley game anymore.

Derivatives

serve-and-volleyer

noun

Tennis

And, although McEnroe and Edberg - genuine serve-and-volleyers in every sense of the tradition - came painfully close to winning in Paris, a fundamental axiom still prevails.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is one of the few remaining natural serve-and-volleyers on the men's tour.
- Agassi is the buffed baseliner and Sampras the athletic serve-and-volleyer.
- The Australian Open is widely considered to be the best of the four grand slam tournaments, and one reason is that it's played on a fast hardcourt surface that evenly matches both groundstrokers and serve-and-volleyers.
- If you had only listened to Henman being interviewed and never seen him play, you could not possibly guess that he can be an exciting player to watch, an attacking serve-and-volleyer who charges the net with speed and aggression.

Definition of serve-and-volley in US English:

serve-and-volley

adjectiveˌsərvənˈvälēˌsərvənˈvɑli

Tennis

attributive Denoting a style of play in which the server moves close to the net after serving, ready to play an attacking volley off the return.
〔网球〕发近网球以便准备还击的
Example sentencesExamples
- But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass.
- But newer rackets have given enough of an advantage to the return of serve that virtually no one plays the serve-and-volley game anymore.
- Her serve-and-volley game made an immediate impression.
- He played a masterful grass-court match against Agassi, mixing his acrobatic serve-and-volley game with off-speed shots.
- One of the saddest inevitabilities in tennis is that in a few years, coaches will look at tapes of this pure and agile serve-and-volley player and realise they've made such an art extinct.

词汇	serve-and-volley
释义	Definition of serve-and-volley in English: serve-and-volley adjective Tennis Denoting a style of play in which the server moves close to the net after serving, ready to play an attacking volley off the service return. 〔网球〕发近网球以便准备还击的 Example sentencesExamples He played a masterful grass-court match against Agassi, mixing his acrobatic serve-and-volley game with off-speed shots. Her serve-and-volley game made an immediate impression. One of the saddest inevitabilities in tennis is that in a few years, coaches will look at tapes of this pure and agile serve-and-volley player and realise they've made such an art extinct. But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass. But newer rackets have given enough of an advantage to the return of serve that virtually no one plays the serve-and-volley game anymore. Derivatives serve-and-volleyer noun Tennis And, although McEnroe and Edberg - genuine serve-and-volleyers in every sense of the tradition - came painfully close to winning in Paris, a fundamental axiom still prevails. Example sentencesExamples He is one of the few remaining natural serve-and-volleyers on the men's tour. Agassi is the buffed baseliner and Sampras the athletic serve-and-volleyer. The Australian Open is widely considered to be the best of the four grand slam tournaments, and one reason is that it's played on a fast hardcourt surface that evenly matches both groundstrokers and serve-and-volleyers. If you had only listened to Henman being interviewed and never seen him play, you could not possibly guess that he can be an exciting player to watch, an attacking serve-and-volleyer who charges the net with speed and aggression. Definition of serve-and-volley in US English: serve-and-volley adjectiveˌsərvənˈvälēˌsərvənˈvɑli Tennis attributive Denoting a style of play in which the server moves close to the net after serving, ready to play an attacking volley off the return. 〔网球〕发近网球以便准备还击的 Example sentencesExamples But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass. But newer rackets have given enough of an advantage to the return of serve that virtually no one plays the serve-and-volley game anymore. Her serve-and-volley game made an immediate impression. He played a masterful grass-court match against Agassi, mixing his acrobatic serve-and-volley game with off-speed shots. One of the saddest inevitabilities in tennis is that in a few years, coaches will look at tapes of this pure and agile serve-and-volley player and realise they've made such an art extinct.
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