[mass noun]a team game, originally played by North American Indians, in which the ball is thrown, carried, and caught with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame at one end with a piece of shallow netting in the angle 长曲棍球,兜网球(成队比赛项目,源于北美印第安人;用长柄、一头绷浅网的L形或三角形兜投、带或接球)
语源
mid 19th cent.: from French (le jeu de) la crosse ('the game of) the hooked stick'. Compare with crosse