释义 |
skittle/skit(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a pin used in the game of skittles (撞柱游戏中用的)木柱 2 (in pl. 用复数; usu. treated as sing. 通常看作单数)a a game played with usu. nine wooden pins set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down usu. with wooden balls or a wooden disc 撞柱游戏(通常为 9 个木柱,放置在球道尽头,用木球或木碟将木柱击倒) b (in full 全称 table skittles) a game played with similar pins set up on a board to be knocked down by swinging a suspended ball 桌面撞柱戏(在一块板子上摆放木柱,摇摆一个悬球将其击倒的一种游戏) c Brit. colloq. chess not played seriously [英口] (随意玩的)棋 ●v. tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 out) Cricket get (batsmen) out in rapid succession 【板球】使(击球员)连续出局 [17th c. (also kittle-pins): origin unknown] |