单词 | game |
释义 | game (once / 27 pages) 1nadjv 2n 3n 4n 5adj A game is a contest or pastime. Football, checkers, Monopoly, volleyball, Ms. Pacman — they're all fun games to play. Some games are simple, like Connect Four or Tic Tac Toe. Others are played for millions of dollars, like professional basketball. Games usually have winners and losers, and people play them because they're fun. Other meanings of this word have less to do with playing: If you're a salesperson, you could say you're in the sales game. Wild animals that you hunt and eat are called game. And being game can mean you have disabled feet or legs. WORD FAMILYgame: gamed, gamely, gameness, games, gamest, gamey, gaming, gamy+/gaming: gamings/gamy: gamier, gamiest, gamily, gaminess USAGE EXAMPLESAn hour after the game, after the trophy ceremony, the senior was still in defensive-back mode. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Mustangs dropped two of three games at the Boo Williams Christmas Classic in Virginia Beach. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He played in two games, then the pain in his Achilles’ tendons flared back up and forced him to the sidelines again. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an amusement or pastime they played word games he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time his life was all fun and games Hypo|Hyper catch a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth party gamea game to amuse guests at a party computer game, video gamea game played against a computer pinball, pinball gamea game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets guessing gamea game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing ducks and drakesa game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water mind gameany game designed to exercise the intellect hare and hounds, paper chasean outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot ring-a-rosy, ring-around-a-rosy, ring-around-the-rosya children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat prisoner's basea children's game; two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base treasure hunta game in which players try to find hidden articles by using a series of clues virtual realitya hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it pachinkoa Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board charadesplayer acts out a phrase for others to guess diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 2n a contest with rules to determine a winner you need four people to play this game Hypo|Hyper curling a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target bowlinga game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them pall-malla 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet athletic gamea game involving athletic activity child's gamea game enjoyed by children card game, cardsa game played with playing cards table gamea game that is played on a table parlor game, parlour gamea game suitable for playing in a parlor gambling game, game of chancea game that involves gambling zero-sum gamea game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero tenpin bowling, tenpinsbowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins ninepins, skittlesa bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins duckpinsa bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider candlepin bowling, candlepinsa bowling game using slender bowling pins bowls, lawn bowlinga bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack bocce, bocci, boccieItalian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court hockey, hockey game, ice hockeya game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks tetherballa game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole water poloa game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal outdoor gamean athletic game that is played outdoors court gamean athletic game played on a court blindman's bluff, blindman's buffa children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players cat and mouse, cat and rata game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first cat's cradlea game played with string looped over the fingers hide and go seek, hide-and-seeka game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them hopscotcha game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone jacks, jackstones, knucklebonesa game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball jackstraws, spillikinsa game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others jump ropea child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope leapfroga game in which one child bends down and another leaps over marblesa children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass) mumble-the-peg, mumblety-pega game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground going to Jerusalem, musical chairsa child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated bopeep, peekabooa game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! pillow fighta child's game of fighting with pillows post officea children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters spin the bottlea game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning spin the plate, spin the plattera game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit taga game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser tiddlywinksa game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk all fours, high-low-jackcard games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game baccarat, chemin de fera card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-nakeda card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards blackjack, twenty-one, vingt-et-una gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 bridgeany of various card games based on whist for four players casino, cassinoa card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand crib, cribbagea card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two ecartea card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high euchre, five hundreda card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand fantan, parliament, sevensa card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards faroa card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box Go Fisha card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards four-card monte, monte, three-card montea gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket, boodle, stopsa gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card Napoleon, napa card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes old maida card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid') bezique, penuchle, pinochle, pinoclea card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist piqueta card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards pisha paysha(Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child; the deck is place face down with one card face upward; players draw from the deck alternately hoping to build up or down from the open card; the player with the fewest cards when the deck is exhausted is the winner poker, poker gameany of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand rouge et noir, trente-et-quarantea card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number rum, rummya card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards patience, solitairea card game played by one person long whist, short whist, whista card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six Ping-Pong, table tennisa game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball dominoes, dominosany of several games played with small rectangular blocks nimgame in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table billiardsany of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls pocket billiards, poolany of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets bagatelle, bar billiardsa table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over word gameany game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words board gamea game played on a specially designed board fan tan, fantana Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4) drawing, lotteryplayers buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots crapsa gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice roulettea gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in banking gameany gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer activity any specific behavior 3n a single play of a sport or other contest the game lasted two hours Hypo|Hyper away game, road game a game played away from home home gamea game played at home exhibition game, practice gamea game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing nightcapthe final game of a double header double feature, doubleheader, twin billtwo games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) playoff gameone game in the series of games constituting a playoff cup tiean eliminating game between teams in a cup competition competition, contest an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 4n (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves Hyper division, part, section one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 5n (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win the game is 6 all he is serving for the game Hyper score a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest 6n the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game the child received several games for his birthday Hypo|Hyper puzzle a game that tests your ingenuity Chinese puzzleintricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes jigsaw puzzlea puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces tangrama Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs crossword, crossword puzzlea puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game 7adj willing to face danger Syn gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky brave, courageous possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching 8v place a bet on 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper back, bet on, gage, punt, stake ante place one's stake double up, parlaystake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager bet, play, wager stake on the outcome of an issue 1n frivolous or trifling behavior for actors, memorizing lines is no game for him, life is all fun and games Hyper caper, frolic, gambol, play, romp gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement 2n a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) 3I saw through his little game from the start Syn|Hypo|Hyper plot, secret plan counterplan, counterplot a plot intended to subvert another plot intrigue, machinationa crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends cabal, conspiracya plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) priestcrafta derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs Gunpowder Plota conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes scheme, strategy an elaborate and systematic plan of action n your occupation or line of work 4he's in the plumbing game Syn|Hyper biz business, job, line, line of work, occupation the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money 1n animal hunted for food or sport Hypo|Hyper big game large animals that are hunted for sport game birdany bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport grousepopular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet phasianida kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae partridge, tinamouheavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 2n the flesh of wild animals that is used for food 5Hypo|Hyper venison meat from a deer used as food buffalomeat from an American bison hare, rabbitflesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food adj disabled in the feet or legs a game leg Syn crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame unfit not in good physical or mental condition; 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