单词 | shoot pool |
释义 | > as lemmasto shoot pool to shoot pool: see shoot v. 26b.extracted from pooln.3to shoot pool b. U.S. colloquial. To play (a game), as in to shoot pool, to shoot casino, etc. Cf. to shoot craps at craps n. a, crap n.4 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > play (a game) [verb (transitive)] playeOE to sit in1601 shoot1926 1926 E. Hemingway In our Time 183 They talk and tell stories and shoot pool. 1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor xiv. 207 Perhaps he goes for a walk, or attends a movie, or shoots a practice game of pool. 1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 48 Come in later, we'll shoot a little casino. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ii. 187 He liked to dance, play golf, drink, shoot skeet, and laugh. < as lemmas |
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