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G0028500 (gām)n.1. An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.2. a. A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.b. A single instance of such an activity: We lost the first game.c. games An organized athletic program or contest: track-and-field games; took part in the winter games.d. A period of competition or challenge: It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project.3. a. The total number of points required to win a game: One hundred points is game in bridge.b. The score accumulated at any given time in a game: The game is now 14 to 12.4. The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car.5. A particular style or manner of playing a game: improved my tennis game with practice.6. Informal a. An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: "the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game" (Hedrick Smith).b. A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game.c. An illegal activity; a racket.7. Informal a. Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games.b. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning.8. Mathematics A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.9. a. Wild animals hunted for food or sport.b. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.10. a. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game.b. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer.v. gamed, gam·ing, games v.tr. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig: executives who gamed the system to get huge payoffs.v.intr.1. To play for stakes; gamble.2. To play a role-playing or computer game.adj. gam·er, gam·est 1. Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute: She put up a game fight against her detractors.2. Ready and willing: Are you game for a swim?Idioms: ahead of the game In a position of advantage; winning or succeeding. be on (one's) game To play a sport with great skill. the only game in town Informal The only one of its kind available: "He's the only game in town for the press to write about" (Leonard Garment).

[Middle English, from Old English gamen.]

game′ly adv.game′ness n.

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G0028500 (gām)adj. gam·er, gam·est Crippled; lame: a game leg.

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(ɡeɪmz) pl nphysical education or sports at a school

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See also athletics; gambling; puzzles; recreation.
anagram1. a word or phrase composed by rearranging the letters in another word or phrase.
2. a game based upon this activity.anagrammatismthe art or practice of making anagrams. Also called metagrammatism.conundruma riddle the answer to which requires a pun or other word play.gamesmanshipFacetious. the use of methods that, while not dishonest or contrary to the rules, are dubious and give the user unfair advantage in a game or sport.metagrammatismanagrammatism.oneupmanshipFacetious, the art or technique of keeping another person slightly off balance in order to gain an advantage.wordsmanshipFacetious. the art or technique of employing a vocabulary of arcane, recondite words in order to gain an advantage over another person.

Translations

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(geim) noun1. an enjoyable activity, which eg children play. a game of pretending.游戏2. a competitive form of activity, with rules. Football, tennis and chess are games.比赛3. a match or part of a match. a game of tennis; winning (by) three games to one. 一局，一盘 4. (the flesh of) certain birds and animals which are killed for sport. He's very fond of game; (also adjective) a game bird.猎物 adjective brave; willing; ready. a game old guy; game for anything.勇敢的ˈgamely adverb courageously. 勇敢地games noun plural an athletic competition, sometimes with other sports. the Olympic Games.运动会ˈgamekeeper noun a person who looks after game. 猎场看守人game point a winning point. 一局中的决胜分、局点 game reserve an area of land set aside for the protection of animals. 猎物禁猎区，动物保护区 game warden a person who looks after a game reserve or, in the United States, game. 动物保护区看守员the game is up the plan or trick has failed or has been found out. 一切都完了（计划或计谋失败或事迹败露）

Can I play video games? → 我能玩电子游戏吗？

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(games)"The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted." --Bertrand Russell.

Here are some games-related pages on the Web: Imperial Nomic,Thoth's games and recreations page,Games Domain,Zarf's List of Games on the Web,Dave's list of pointers to games resources,Collaborative Fiction.

See also 3DO, ADL, ADVENT, ADVSYS, alpha/beta pruning, Amiga, CHIP-8, Core Wars, DROOL, empire,I see no X here., Infocom, Inglish, initgame, life,minimax, moria, mudhead, multi-user Dimension,nethack, ogg, plugh, rogue, SPACEWAR, virtual reality, wizard mode, wumpus, xyzzy, ZIL, zorkmid.

See also game theory.

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In the days before radio, television, video machines, and computers, people entertained one another during the long winter evenings of the Christmas season. They told stories, danced, sang songs, or played games. In the twentieth century, as people began to rely on ready-made forms of entertainment provided by the mass media, many of these games died out or became children's pastimes.

Late Medieval and Renaissance England

In late medieval and Renaissance England people played a wide variety of games at Christmas time. Outdoor amusements included group games and athletic matches in such sports as archery and tilting. One group game, Prisoner's Base, proved so popular in the time of King Edward III (1312-1377) that players clogged the street leading to Westminster Palace. This congestion caused the king to prohibit the playing of Prisoner's Base near the palace.

During this era the English also enjoyed a variety of parlor games at Christmas time, including Blind Man's Bluff, Leap Frog, Loggats (similar to Nine Pins) and Hot Cockles. In Hot Cockles each player in turn is blindfolded. The blindfolded player puts his hands behind his back, palms up. One of the other players hits the hands of the blindfolded player. The blindfolded player must guess which of the other players has hit him. If he does so correctly, he may penalize the player whom he "caught." Those who preferred a greater mental test might retire to a game of chess, while the physically agile might challenge each other to tennis or skittles.

The English also enjoyed playing cards and gambling at Christmas time, especially with dice. During the reign of the Tudor kings, working people may have found greater pleasure in these games than the well-to-do, since they were prohibited by law from playing games except at Christmas time. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Puritans condemned those who celebrated Christmas by playing games and gambling.

Victorian England

Parlor games remained popular Christmas entertainments throughout the nineteenth century. Victorians favored such games as Snapdragon, Forfeits, Hoop and Hide (Hide and Seek), Charades, Blind Man's Bluff, Queen of Sheba (a variation on Blind Man's Bluff), and Hunt the Slipper (see also Victorian England, Christmas in).

In Snapdragon players gathered around a bowl of currants (a raisinlike dried fruit) covered with spirits. A lighted match was dropped into the bowl, setting fire to the alcohol. Players challenged one another to grab a flaming currant out of the bowl and pop it into their mouths, thus extinguishing the flames. A bit of light verse describes the fearful delights of this game:

Here he comes with flaming bowl, Don't he mean to take his toll, Snip! Snap! Dragon! Take care you don't take too much, Be not greedy in your clutch, Snip! Snap! Dragon! With his blue and lapping tongue Many of you will be stung, Snip! Snap! Dragon! For he snaps at all that comes Snatching at his feast of plums, Snip! Snap! Dragon! But Old Christmas makes him come, Though he looks so fee! fa! fum! Snip! Snap! Dragon! Don't 'ee fear him, be but bold- Out he goes, his flames are cold, Snip! Snap! Dragon! [Chambers, 1990, 2: 738]

Players heightened the effect of the glowing, blue flames by extinguishing all other lights in the room except that cast by the burning bowl.

In Hunt the Slipper players formed a circle around one person. They held their hands behind their backs and passed a slipper around the outside of the circle. The person in the center of the circle had to guess who was in possession of the slipper at any given moment. A number of other English Christmas games have now disappeared so completely that only their picturesque names remain behind. Folklorists cannot now say how they were played. These forgotten games include Shoeing the Wild Mare, Steal the White Loaf, Post and Pair, Feed the Dove, Puss-in-the-Corner, and The Parson Has Lost His Cloak. Before a Christmas party broke up for the evening, the sleepy guests might play one last, quaintly named game called Yawning for a Cheshire Cheese. The players sat in a circle and yawned at one another. Whoever produced the longest, most openmouthed, and loudest yawn won a Cheshire cheese.

Other Countries

Some traditional Christmas games are for children. In many nations Advent calendars amuse children with a kind of counting game in the weeks before Christmas. Children in Mexico often play games with piñatas at holiday season parties. In Iran youngsters play eggtapping games at Christmas time.

Most Christmas games, however, involve adults and younger people. In a number of different countries sporting matches, games of chance, or fortune-telling games are associated with one or more days of the Christmas season. In past times Swedes used to play games with Christmas gifts, which they call Julklapp, on December 24. On St. Stephen's Day both Swedes and Norwegians used to race horses (see Norway, Christmas in). Ethiopians celebrate Christmas Day by playing ganna, a sport that resembles hockey (see Ethiopia, Christmas in). In the United States, many people enjoy watching football bowl games on New Year's Day. In Lithuania people entertain themselves on Christmas Eve with fortune-telling games. People in many countries celebrate New Year's Eve by playing games of chance, especially card games. Colonial Americans and Europeans of past centuries enjoyed card games and a kind of charade involving the King of the Bean on Twelfth Night.

Further Reading

Chambers, Robert. "December 24 - Christmas Games: Snapdragon." In his The Book of Days. Volume 2. 1862-64. Reprint. Detroit, Mich.: Omnigraphics, 1990. Miall, Antony, and Peter Miall. The Victorian Christmas Book. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. Muir, Frank. Christmas Customs and Traditions. New York: Taplinger, 1977. Pimlott, J. A. R. The Englishman's Christmas. Atlantic Heights, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1978.

What does it mean when you dream about games?

Games appearing in a dream may show relaxation, play, or competition. Depending on childhood experiences, we also tend to associate games with feelings of competency or inadequacy. Dream games can express such notions as “life is just a game,” “they’re playing games,” “play to win,” and so on.

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