service line

Thân thiện

The tennis player stands behind the service line to begin her serve.

Definition

Noun: 1. The back boundary line at each end of a court in racquet sports: In tennis, badminton, and similar games, the service line is the line that marks the rear limit of the service box area. During a serve, the server must stand behind this line. 2. A line marking a limit for service in other contexts: In sports like handball or volleyball, it can refer to the line from behind which a serve must be made.

Usage

The term "service line" is used to specify a rule boundary in sports. * In tennis, you must stand behind the service line when serving. * The ball landed just on the service line, so the point was good.

Advanced Usage

• "To toe the service line": This phrase can be used figuratively to mean to position oneself exactly at the starting point or boundary of an action, though this is not a common idiom.
  • The new policy has us toeing the service line of a major regulatory change.

Variants and Related Words

• Baseline: In tennis, this is often synonymous with the service line, as it is the back line of the court from which serving occurs. In some contexts, "baseline" is the preferred term.
• Service box: The rectangular area on the court, bounded by the net, the service line, the center service line, and the singles sideline (or doubles sideline), into which a serve must land.

Synonyms

• Baseline (in tennis context)
• Back line

Related Phrases

(No common phrasal verbs exist for this specific compound noun.)

Related Idioms

(No common idioms are directly formed from this specific compound noun.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line

Từ đồng nghĩa

• baseline