1. put oneself out of court : 使自己显得荒谬可笑;
2. go to court : 起诉, 见君主;
3. out of court : 不经法院, 被驳回, 不值得考虑;
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名词用法(NOUN USES)
1. 法院;法庭;审判庭
A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
2. 全体出庭人员;(尤指)全体审判人员
You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court .
3. (网球、篮球、羽毛球或壁球等的)球场
A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash.
4. 王宫;宫殿;宫廷
The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties.
5. (用于大型宅第和公寓街区的名称中)宅第,宅邸,公寓大楼
In Britain, Court is used in the names of large houses and blocks of flats.
6. see also: Crown Court;High Court;kangaroo court
7. (对…)提起诉讼
If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them.
8. 发表意见的机会
Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
9. (因为有趣或出名)引人注目,被人围观
If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
10. (因观点或想法可笑而)对…一笑置之,对…不予考虑
If you laugh someone out of court, you say that their opinions or ideas are so ridiculous that they are not worth considering.
11. 庭外;不经法院
If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law.
1. respectful deference
e.g. pay court to the emperor
Synonym: homage
2. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
e.g. the house was built around an inner court
Synonym: courtyard
3. a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
e.g. players had to reserve a court in advance
4. a room in which a lawcourt sits
e.g. television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
Synonym: courtroom
5. the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
e.g. the king will visit the duke's court
6. a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
Synonym: lawcourtcourt of lawcourt of justice
7. a hotel for motorists
provides direct access from rooms to parking area
Synonym: motor hotelmotor innmotor lodgetourist court
8. the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Synonym: royal court
9. the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
Synonym: royal court
10. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Synonym: tribunaljudicature