eight ball
noun
chiefly N. Amer. <主北美>
1
- (亦作eight-ball pool)[mass noun] a variety of the game of pool八号球(落袋式台球戏的一种)。
1.1
- count noun the black ball, numbered eight, in such a game八号球(此台球戏中的黑球, 上面标有八号)。
2
- informal a portion of an illegal drug weighing an eighth of an ounce (3.54g)〈非正式〉重量为八分之一盎司(3.54克)的一份毒品。
短语
behind the eight ball
- informal at a disadvantage〈非正式〉处于不利地位, 处于劣势。