[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 ball. 台球,桌球。
语源
late 16th cent.: from French billard, denoting both the game and the cue, diminutive of bille (see billet)