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单词 carom
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carom

/ˈkarəm /
chiefly North American
noun
1A cannon in billiards or pool.He mastered the caroms, and was called the ‘Reading Rifle’ because of his great arm.’...
  • The result: the kind of crazy caroms and tricky spins you'd expect from a pinball machine.
1.1 (also carom billiards) [mass noun] A game resembling billiards, played on a table without pockets and depending on cannons for scoring.The name of the game is carom, the original game from which billiards and later snooker developed.
verb [no object]
Make a carom; strike and rebound.But the ball caromed off a tree and bounced back into a bunker, leaving a shot at the green....
  • In the bottom of the fifth inning, Manny Ramirez hit a shot down the third base line that caromed off the stands and struck Gerry Davis, the left field line umpire.
  • The ball crashed off the center field wall before caroming back onto the outfield grass.

Origin

Late 18th century: abbreviation of carambole, from Spanish carambola, apparently from bola 'ball'.

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