单词 | carom |
释义 | 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.’...
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....
OriginLate 18th century: abbreviation of carambole, from Spanish carambola, apparently from bola 'ball'. |
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