单词 | eightball |
释义 | eightball[ eyt-bawl ] / ˈeɪtˌbɔl / nounPool.
Slang. an inept person. Idioms for eightballbehind the eightball, Informal. in a difficult, disadvantageous, or uncomfortable situation: He hasn't studied all term, and now he's behind the eightball. Origin of eightballAn Americanism dating back to 1930–35; eight + ball1 Words nearby eightballeigentone, eigenvalue, eigenvector, Eiger, eight, eightball, eighteen, eighteenmo, eighteenth, Eighteenth Amendment, eighteen-wheeler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for eightballeight ball noun US and Canadian(in pool) the black ball, marked with the number eight behind the eight ball in a difficult situation; snookered Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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