snakes and ladders
plural noun
treated as sing.
- a children's game in which players move counters along a board, gaining an advantage by moving up pictures of ladders or a disadvantage by moving down pictures of snakes蛇梯棋（一种儿童棋类游戏, 下棋双方采用对攻法, 棋子走到楼梯图案时可进格, 走到蛇图案时要退格）。