1
- a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg(掷环游戏用的)铁环, 绳圈, 橡胶环。
1.1
quoits
treated as sing. a game consisting of aiming and throwing such rings掷环。参见DECK QUOITS.
2
- the flat covering stone of a dolmen(石板墓的)盖石。
2.1
- often in place names the dolmen itself石板墓。
3
- Austral. informal a person's buttocks〈澳, 非正式〉(人的)屁股。
词源
late Middle English: probably of French origin.