1 [C,U] a place where legal trials take place and crimes, etc are judged 法庭；法院: A man has been charged and will appear in court tomorrow. 有一名男子被起诉，明天出庭。Bill's company are refusing to pay him so he's decided to take them to court. 比尔的公司拒绝付他工资，所以他决定控告他们。

2 the court [sing] the people in a court, especially those taking part in the trial 法庭内的人（尤指参与审判者）: Please tell the court exactly what you saw. 请你把当时看见的确切情况告诉本庭。

3 [C,U] an area where certain ball games are played （某些球类活动的）场地: a tennis/squash/badminton court 网球╱壁球╱羽毛球场 ☞Compare pitch ¹. 与pitch^1比较。