skittle
/skit-l/US // ˈskɪt l //UK // (ˈskɪtəl) //
小鸟,乌龟,小飞鱼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chiefly British.
- : skittles, ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
- : one of the pins used in this game.
Examples
Quoits hung up on several large nails driven into a wall, and there was a covered skittle alley.
In the meanwhile in a remote corner of the park the quality was assembled round the skittle-alley.
Skittle-playing and fighting are all very well; but one may have too much of them.
There were trap-ball and tennis grounds, and skittle-grounds.
But the skittle players were in the majority though there was a keen opposition.
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