单词 | Marco Polo |
释义 | Marco Polo1/ˌmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ / (Circa 1254-circa 1324), Italian traveller. With his father and uncle he travelled to China and the court of Kublai Khan via central Asia (1271-5). He eventually returned home (1292-5) via Sumatra, India, and Persia. Marco Polo2/ˌmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ /noun [mass noun] chiefly US A game of tag played in a swimming pool, lake, etc., in which one player, with their eyes shut or blindfolded, must attempt to locate and catch the other players by shouting ‘Marco’ and listening for their response of ‘Polo’: they play Marco Polo in the backyard pool...
Origin1960s: from Marco Polo1 (the reason is unclear). |
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