chiefly N. Amer. <主北美>
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- a cannon in billiards or pool（台球的）双球连击。
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- （亦作carom billiards）[mass noun] a game resembling billiards, played on a table without pockets and depending on cannons for scoring康乐球游戏（类似台球, 在无球袋的桌上靠双球连击得分的游戏）。
词源
late 18th cent.: abbreviation of carambole, from Spanish carambola, apparently from bola 'ball'.