单词 | musical chairs |
释义 | musical chairsWord family adjectivemusicalmusicianlymusicologicalnounmusicalemusicalitymusicalnessmusicianmusicianermusicianshipmusicologistmusicologymusicotherapymusical chairsmusical comedymusic boxmusic hallmusic standmusicadverbmusically Other gamesˌmusical ˈchairs noun [uncountableU] 1. DGOa children’s game in which all the players must sit down on a chair when the music stops, but there is always one chair less than the number of people playing 音乐椅游戏,抢座位游戏〔一种儿童游戏,参加者在音乐停的时候抢椅子坐,但椅子数总是比参加者人数少一把〕 2 a situation in which people change jobs for no good reason or with no useful result 〔无理由或无成效的〕人员的频繁变动 Scott is now the finance director, after a long game of musical chairs among top management. 在经历了很长时间的一番高层人事变动之后,斯科特现在当上了财务总监。 Examples from the Corpus musical chairs• Buckley resigned in what was essentially a game of corporate musical chairs.• When the money goes away on a trading floor, it feels very like when the music stops in musical chairs.• The lute also provided the music for the game of musical chairs they played, with cushions laid in a row.• Since that time Kaunda has operated an unending game of musical chairs between tribal interest groups.• It is like a grown-up game of musical chairs.• Time passed and we played musical chairs, rotating as the numbers called out got closer to the ones we were assigned.• The band obliged with musical chairs, but after two of the dining room chairs were broken, they left off playing. |
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