| 释义 |
kingy|ˈkɪŋɪ|
[f. king n. + -y6.]
A children's game resembling ‘He’ but played with a ball; the winner is declared King.
[1916N. Douglas London Street Games 5 There are other ball-games, such as hot rice..and king and missings out.] 1959B. Sutton-Smith Games N.Z. Children ii. 150 Kingy. In this game the players begin by standing round in a circle with their arms on one another's shoulders. The ball is dropped in the middle of the circle. When it touches someone's foot that person is He. 1969I. & P. Opie Children's Games ii. 95 ‘Kingy’ is a ball game in which those who are not He have the ball hurled at them, without means of retaliation. 1972Where Apr. 102/2 Transferred to playground or playing field, such games as ‘kingy’ can lose much of their colour and point, since the existence of natural and human obstacles and hazards are of their essence. |