英语词汇“animal, vegetable, mineral”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. animal, vegetable, mineral and variants: a guessing game in which players attempt to identify an undisclosed object or entity, having first ascertained to which of the three named categories it belongs. Cf. twenty questions n. at twenty adj. and n. Compounds 4.

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1796 W. F. Mavor Juvenile Olio 227 Is it animal, vegetable, or mineral; or in other words, to which of the three kingdoms of nature does it belong?.. You must understand..that if you do not discover in twenty questions what is thought on, you lose the game.]

1847 J. C. Maitland Hist. Charades x. 120 Uncle Harry asked the children if they ever played at the game of Twenty Questions. ‘Oh yes, often,’ replied Mary. ‘We are very fond of it: Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral, we call it.’

1854 Round Games v. 86 Yes and No. This game..was formerly called Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral.

1956 B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 70 Archaeology triumphantly holds its special place with its somewhat unexpected quiz presentation of ‘Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?’

1973 J. Berryman Recovery (1974) 81 If life on the ward became really existential only from ten to noon five days a week,..still high moments were possible during Eye-stare and even animal/vegetable/mineral on Saturday morning.

2015 L. Williamson Art of being Normal (2016) xxxvii. 285 To pass the time, David tries to encourage me to play games with him—I spy, and animal, vegetable, mineral.

单词	animal, vegetable, mineral
释义	> as lemmas animal, vegetable, mineral P2. animal, vegetable, mineral and variants: a guessing game in which players attempt to identify an undisclosed object or entity, having first ascertained to which of the three named categories it belongs. Cf. twenty questions n. at twenty adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1796 W. F. Mavor Juvenile Olio 227 Is it animal, vegetable, or mineral; or in other words, to which of the three kingdoms of nature does it belong?.. You must understand..that if you do not discover in twenty questions what is thought on, you lose the game.] 1847 J. C. Maitland Hist. Charades x. 120 Uncle Harry asked the children if they ever played at the game of Twenty Questions. ‘Oh yes, often,’ replied Mary. ‘We are very fond of it: Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral, we call it.’ 1854 Round Games v. 86 Yes and No. This game..was formerly called Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral. 1956 B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 70 Archaeology triumphantly holds its special place with its somewhat unexpected quiz presentation of ‘Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?’ 1973 J. Berryman Recovery (1974) 81 If life on the ward became really existential only from ten to noon five days a week,..still high moments were possible during Eye-stare and even animal/vegetable/mineral on Saturday morning. 2015 L. Williamson Art of being Normal (2016) xxxvii. 285 To pass the time, David tries to encourage me to play games with him—I spy, and animal, vegetable, mineral. extracted from animaln. < as lemmas
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