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ldoce_071_adom·i·no /ˈdɒmənəʊ $ ˈdɑːmənoʊ/ noun (plural dominoes) 1. 
[countableC]DGO one of a set of small flat pieces of wood, plastic etc, with different numbers of spots, used for playing a game 多米诺骨牌
[countableC]DGO one of a set of small flat pieces of wood, plastic etc, with different numbers of spots, used for playing a game 多米诺骨牌2. dominoes [uncountableU]DGO the game played using dominoes 多米诺骨牌游戏
3. domino effect EFFECT/INFLUENCEa situation in which one event or action causes several other things to happen one after the other 多米诺（骨牌）效应，连锁反应
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domino effect• As top-tier schools are forced to become less selective, there will be a domino effect.• If schools were allowed to become more selective, there would be a domino effect.• It would create a domino effect across the board.• Opponents of the scheme claimed that if the museum moved from Golden Gate Park it would have a domino effect on the other facilities.• His farm lies next to Burnfoot and he fears approval for further planting there will start a domino effect throughout the valley.• It started a domino effect which exists even today.• What ensued was the by now familiar domino effect of emerging market crises.• Each of the organizational parts was working on its specific concerns, and no one analyzed the domino effect.• The domino effect can work for us as well as against us if we play our cards right.
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domino• It started a domino effect which exists even today.• A domino game was cut short when one of the players clawed his jacket to shreds trying to ward off the spiders.• There will also be a bring and buy and a session of bag dominoes.• Like a row of cascading dominoes, scandal followed scandal.• But things almost instantly began falling like dominoes.• But lately, lots of white guys have been trying to play dominoes.• A hundred men were crowded into a little corner park, playing dominoes and cards.
(1700-1800) French perhaps from Italian, “lord, ruler”, shouted by the winner of a game