| 单词 | jacks |
| 释义 | jacks (once / 4529 pages) n Jacks is a children's game in which you bounce a small ball and quickly scoop up game pieces. There's evidence that some form of jacks was even played in ancient Greece. Jacks goes by many names, including "knucklebones" and "fivestones." The original version was played with small stones, which were closely related to dice, and invented around the same time. In modern jacks, a player drops ten metal star-shaped pieces and then tries to scoop them up — first one at a time, then two at a time, and so on — after bouncing a ball, which is then caught before it hits the ground. WORD FAMILYjack: jacked, jacking, jacks USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s no shortage of generous storage cubbies, USB jacks and power ports throughout the vehicle, either. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Boeing is testing a system with the completed wings each supported by three giant jacks. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Jacks are salmon that return a year earlier than their siblings to spawn and are used to help forecast the upcoming year’s run. Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) n a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball Syn|Hyper jackstones, knucklebones child's game a game enjoyed by children |
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