billiards
n.
台球, 桌球, 弹子戏
billiards
bil.liards
AHD:[b¹l“y…rdz]
D.J.[6b!lj*dz]
K.K.[6b!lj*dz]
pl.n.(used with a sing. verb)Games (复数名词)(与单数动词连用)【游戏】
A game played on a rectangular cloth-covered table with raised cushioned edges, in which a cue is used to hit three small, hard balls against one another or the side cushions of the table.
台球:一种在用布覆盖的四边凸起的长方形桌子上进行的游戏,用弹子球棒使三个小硬球相互撞击或撞击桌边
One of several similar games, sometimes using a table with pockets, as in pool.
台球戏,桌球戏:通常用带有落袋的桌子的一种相似的游戏,如赌博游戏
French billard
法语 billard
from bille [log] * see billet 2
源自 bille [木材] *参见 billet2
billiards
/'biliEdz; 'biljldz/
[sing v] game for two people played with cues and three balls on an oblong cloth-covered table 台球戏; 弹子戏:
* have a game of billiards 打一局台球
* Billiards is played by women as well as men. 打台球男女皆宜.
派生: billiard-/'biliEd-; 'biljErd-/
(in compounds 用以构成复合词) of or used for billiards 台球的; 用於打台球的:
* a billiard-cue/room/table.
snooker
n.
(=snooker pool)彩色台球, 桌球
vt.
阻挠
snooker
snook.er
AHD:[sn‹k“…r]
D.J.[6sn&k*]
K.K.[6sn&k+]
n.Games (名词)【游戏】
Pocket billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors.
彩色台球:有十五只红色球和六只其它色彩球的有袋台球游戏
v.tr.(及物动词)
snook.ered,snook.er.ing,snook.ers
Slang
【俚语】
To lead (another) into a situation in which all possible choices are undesirable; trap.
欺骗:(把某人)带入一种各种选择都不好的境地;诓骗
To fool; dupe:
戏弄;骗倒:
“Snookered by a lot of malarkey about drilling costs, a Texas jury . . . added $3 billion of punitive damages”(New Republic)
“由于听信了有关训练费的胡说八道,陪审团又给惩罚性赔偿加了三亿美元”(新共和国)
Games To leave one's opponent in the game of snooker unable to take a direct shot without striking a ball out of the required order.
【游戏】 阻碍打直线球:在彩色台球游戏中,使对手不能打出直线球又不把一球打离需要的位置
[Origin unknown]
[词源不明]
snooker
/'snu:kE(r); 'snukl/
[U] game played with 15 red balls and 7 balls of other colours on a billiard-table 落袋台球(使用15个红色球和7个其他颜色球的游戏):
* [attrib 作定语] a snooker match 落袋台球比赛. => illus 见插图. Cf 参看 pool2 4.
派生: snooker v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
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leave (an opponent) in a difficult position when playing snooker (玩落袋台球游戏时)使(对手)处於困境.
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(infml fig 口, 比喻) place (sb) in a difficult position; trick or defeat (sb) 使(某人)处於困境; 欺骗或击败(某人): You can't win; you've been completely snookered! 你怎麽做都没用, 你已经完全落入圈套了!
参考资料:英汉词典