Court

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n. 法庭, 法院; 宫廷, 朝廷; v.献殷勤, 追求
［类］反义词: repel intentionally ( 故意排斥) ; repulse intentionally ( 故意拒绝) ; snub ( 故意怠慢) ; spurn ( 弃绝)

I. noun

Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, cohort, from co- + -hort-, -hors (akin to hortus garden) — more at yard
Date: 12th century
1.
- a. the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
- b. a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers
- c. the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power
- d. the family and retinue of a sovereign
- e. a reception held by a sovereign
2.
- a.
  - (1) a manor house or large building surrounded by usually enclosed grounds
  - (2) motel
- b. an open space enclosed wholly or partly by buildings or circumscribed by a single building
- c. a quadrangular space walled or marked off for playing one of various games with a ball (as lawn tennis, handball, or basketball); also a division of such a court
- d. a wide alley with only one opening onto a street
3.
- a. an official assembly for the transaction of judicial business
- b. a session of such a court <court is now adjourned
- c. a place (as a chamber) for the administration of justice
- d. a judge or judges in session; also a faculty or agency of judgment or evaluation <rest our case in the court of world opinion — L. H. Marks
4.
- a. an assembly or board with legislative or administrative powers
- b. parliament, legislature
5. conduct or attention intended to win favor or dispel hostility ; homage <pay court to the king

II. verb