| 释义 |
ˈskittler rare.
[f. skittle v.]
1. One who plays at the game of skittles. Also fig.
1836Fraser's Mag. XIII. 200 He suffered himself to be bowled down in such a cause by such a beggarly skittler as Willis, as if he had been a penny ninepin. 1958G. Usher Death in Bag vii. 64 He'd go and see how the skittlers was doin'.
2. One who plays chess without serious application.
1868Westminster Chess Club Papers I. 87 We consider it quite possible to diffuse the game [of chess] without affording encouragement to the mere ‘skittler’. 1911Daily News 24 Apr. 4 The spread of chess literature, which has made every ‘skittler’ a book player. |