| 释义 |
Skee-Ball|ˈskiːbɔːl|
Also skeeball.
[f. ski n. or v. + ball n.1]
An indoor game in which balls set rolling down an alley are projected over a hump or otherwise into targets. Also attrib.
Skee-Ball is a proprietary term in the U.S.
1923Daily Mail 11 June 3 The game of Skeeball is an American invention which has been in increasing operation in the United States for some six years. It is the latest development of the game of bowls, sharply distinguished from all similar games by a hump in the centre of the alley which causes the ball to leap high in the air and enter a target. 1930A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xviii. 258 Ernest played skeeball because it was the nearest thing to skittles, and he won a china dog. 1974J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give xxiv. 121 A Skee-Ball set-up with six lanes. |