backgammon

backgammon
noun
  1. [mass noun]a board game in which two players move their pieces around twenty-four triangular points according to the throw of dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board. It is among the most ancient of all games, having been played in its present form by the Romans
    巴加门棋戏(双方各持15枚棋子,掷骰子以点数在24个三角形尖头上推进棋子,此乃最古老的一种游戏,始于罗马时代)
    ■[count noun]the most complete form of win in this game
    (巴加门棋戏中的)全胜
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from back + gammon
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