English Dictionary

racket

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹækɪt/

名詞

古風 俗語

A loud noise. / An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated. / (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

日本語の意味

大きな騒音 / 不正な利益目的の詐欺行為や悪徳商法 / （古風・俗語）飲み騒ぎ、宴楽

The children made such a racket that I couldn't concentrate on my work.

子どもたちがあまりにも大騒ぎしていて仕事に集中できなかった。

意味（1）

A loud noise.

Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.

意味（2）

An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.

War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives... Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and we must all put our shoulders to the wheel, but the profits... skyrocket—and are safely pocketed.

意味（3）

(dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

意味（4）

(dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

rackets （ plural ）