mass noun
1- a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order彩色台球, 斯诺克。
1.1
- count noun a position in a game of snooker or pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at any permitted ball在彩色台球中阻碍运动员打直线球的位置：
he needed a snooker to have a chance of winning the frame.
他需要有一个能阻碍对手打直线球的位置才有机会赢得这轮。
with obj.
1- subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker使（自己或他人）不能打直线球。
1.1
- figurative leave (someone) in a difficult position; thwart〈喻〉使（某人）处于困境; 阻碍：
I managed to lose my flat keys-that was me snookered.
我竟然把房子钥匙丢了——这下我陷入困境了。
1.2
- figurative US trick, entice, or trap〈喻, 美〉欺骗, 诱惑, 引入圈套：
they were snookered into buying books at prices that were too high.
他们被骗以高价购买书籍。
词源
late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.