skittle
skittle
noun
noun
- (skittles)[treated as sing.]a game played with wooden pins, typically nine in number, set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down with a wooden ball or disc
撞柱戏（尤指用九个木柱进行的游戏，木柱放在球道末端，投掷一个木球或圆盘去击倒木柱）
■(全称 table skittles)a game played with similar pins set up on a board to be knocked down by swinging a suspended ball
桌面撞柱戏（在木板上放置类似的柱子，用一个悬挂的球撞击柱子）
■(Brit. informal)chess that is not played seriously
(英，非正式)非正式国际象棋比赛 - a pin used in the game of skittles
（撞柱游戏中的）柱子
- [with obj.]knock over as if in a game of skittles
（像在撞柱戏中一样）撞倒
she put her hand out and skittled a row of bottles.
她伸出手，撞倒了一排瓶子。
■(常作 be skittled)(Cricket)get (batsmen) out in rapid succession
(板球)使（击球手）快速连续出局
Pakistan were skittled out for 93.
巴基斯坦队的击球手连续93次被淘汰出局。
- mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin. The word skyttel exists in Danish and Swedish in the sense 'shuttle, child's marble', but there is no evidence to connect this with the game of skittles
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