billiards
/ˈbɪljədz/plural noun
usu. treated as sing.
- a game for two people, played on a billiard table, in which three balls are struck with cues into pockets round the edge of the table台球（戏）, 桌球（戏）：
as modifier (billiard) billiard ball.台球, 桌球。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French billard, denoting both the game and the cue, diminutive of bille （see BILLET2 ）.