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单词 nim
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Definition of nim in English:

nim

noun nɪmnim
mass noun
  • A game in which two players alternately take one or more objects from one of a number of heaps, each trying to take, or to compel the other to take, the last remaining object.

    拿子游戏(将东西分成几堆,两人轮流从中抽拿一个或几个,以自己拿到最后一个或迫使对方拿最后一个为胜)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example he devised laska, and produced an interesting modification to the rules of nim.
    • Variants of Nim have been played since ancient times.
    • Also at high school a friend of his father gave him a mechanical device with switching circuits that could play nim and other games.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from archaic nim 'to take' or from German nimm! 'take!', imperative of nehmen.

Rhymes

bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim

Definition of nim in US English:

nim

nounnim
  • A game in which two players alternately take one or more objects from one of a number of heaps, each trying to take, or to compel the other to take, the last remaining object.

    拿子游戏(将东西分成几堆,两人轮流从中抽拿一个或几个,以自己拿到最后一个或迫使对方拿最后一个为胜)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also at high school a friend of his father gave him a mechanical device with switching circuits that could play nim and other games.
    • For example he devised laska, and produced an interesting modification to the rules of nim.
    • Variants of Nim have been played since ancient times.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from archaic nim ‘to take’ or from German nimm! ‘take!’, imperative of nehmen.

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