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billiards

英 ['bɪljədz] 美['bɪljɚdz]
  • n. 台球,桌球;弹子戏

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词态变化


形容词: billiard;

助记提示


1. billi- "tree,trunk" + -ard + -s.
2. 因为最初的台球是用木料制成的。

中文词源


billiards 台球

词源同bole, 树干。指用树干削成的台球杆。

英文词源


billiards
billiards: [16] Billiard comes from French billard, which is the name not only of the game, but also of the cue it is played with. And the cue is the clue to the word’s history, for it comes from French bille ‘tree trunk’, hence ‘long cylindrical bit of wood’. The import of the -ard suffix is not altogether clear, but another suffix used with bille was the diminutive -ette, from which English got billet ‘piece of wood’ [15] (not to be confused with billet ‘assignment to lodgings’; see BILL). Bille itself came from medieval Latin billa or billus, which may have been of Celtic origin.
=> billet
billiards (n.)
1590s, from French billiard, originally the word for the wooden cue stick, a diminutive from Old French bille "stick of wood," from Medieval Latin billia "tree, trunk," possibly from Gaulish (compare Irish bile "tree trunk").

双语例句


1. a game of billiards
一局台球赛

来自《权威词典》

2. John used to divert himself with billiards.
约翰过去总打台球自娱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Jones simply walked over Brown at billiards.
在弹子游戏中,琼斯不费吹灰之力赢了布朗.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Playing billiards is my chief recreation.
打台球是我主要的娱乐活动.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Billiards isn't popular in here.
这里不流行台球.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》