0 a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock (= a light object with feathers) over a high net -- 羽毛球运动
The two people playing badminton seemed to be at it quite intensely.
Cool girls play soccer or basketball; nerd girls play badminton.
They came up with situations like phoning a friend to arrange dinner and a trip to the cinema, coaching someone in badminton, and attending a tutorial.
The local church was teeming with different organisations - concert party, badminton club, ramblers, social club, drama group, and there were lots of other young people to meet.
She felt tired after playing badminton and engaging in other exercise, and complained of a pain in her shoulder.
It holds adult education classes, bird shows, amateur dramatics and badminton, and people go there to dance and to watch television.
The same applies equally to the lack of facilities for such sports as basketball and badminton.
The manufacturers tell us that the sales of badminton equipment showed a 40 per cent, increase in 1965 as against 10 years earlier.