(noun.) a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net.

整理:蒂娜

• Meyler, being satisfied that it would make me miserable, set off for Badminton early the next morning. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• The next day Meyler agreed to dine with me and set off after dinner to Badminton. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• He came, I know, in fear and trembling, for he expected me to fret, and shed tears as usual at the idea or his going to Badminton. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• Worcester is gone to his papa's, at Badminton; and I, being sworn to constancy, have no other _beaux_ to write about. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• I see your affection, and therefore I hate you, Harriette: so, in order to punish you, I will not go to Badminton at all. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• I must now return to Lord Worcester, or rather to my house in town, he having left Portsmouth to join his incensed papa and mamma at Badminton. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• He often left me to pass a week with the Beauforts at Badminton, and this never failed to render me completely wretched. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.

校對:莎娜