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ninepins

/nahyn-pinz/US // ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz //UK // (ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz) //

九针,九品芝麻官,九头鸟,九指山

Related Words

skittles小飞象,小飞侠,小飞鼠,小飞象牙膏 duckpins鸭舌帽,鸭嘴兽,鸭嘴帽,鸭嘴式 candlepins蜡烛针,烛针,烛台,烛光针 bowls碗,碗里的东西,碗里的食物,碗里 lawn bowling草坪保龄球,草地保龄球,草坪上的保龄球,草坪保龄球场 kegling凯格林,凯格灵,凯格琳,凯歌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : tenpins played without the head pin.
- : ninepin, a pin used in this game.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbowling

Synonyms

candlepins蜡烛针,烛针,烛台,烛光针 duckpins鸭舌帽,鸭嘴兽,鸭嘴帽,鸭嘴式 skittles小飞象,小飞侠,小飞鼠,小飞象牙膏 kegling凯格林,凯格灵,凯格琳,凯歌 lawn bowling草坪保龄球,草地保龄球,草坪上的保龄球,草坪保龄球场

Examples

The result was rather bad for the Turks; they went down like a lot of ninepins before Mole's railway-like progression.
Three Brazilians went down like ninepins; the rest turned and fled precipitately.
Tom Richardson, the last man in for England, made sixty-two, while some who shall be nameless went down like ninepins in the van.
Russian fortresses continued for another month to fall like ninepins before the Austro-German armies.
To quote one of our Fusiliers, "they fell like ninepins" at each discharge.

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