单词 | pato |
释义 | pato in American English (ˈpɑːtou, Spanish ˈpɑːtɔ) noun an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 ft. (2.7 m) high pole Word origin [‹ AmerSp; Sp: duck (of obscure orig.; perh. orig. a nursery word, akin to pata leg, foot (of an animal); cf. paw1); the game was allegedly first played with a duck in a skin or leather bag] |
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