英语词汇“billiards”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Billiards is a table game in which players try to knock balls into pockets with a long stick. The game known as "pool" is considered to be one type of billiards.

When you challenge a friend to a game of billiards, you'll take turns tapping hard balls with the end of a cue stick. These balls roll across a cloth-covered table and knock against other balls. The goal of the game is to get certain balls into certain pockets. Billiards is said to have evolved from lawn games like croquet, and the word itself, originally referring to the stick itself, comes from the French bille, or "stick."

WORD FAMILY

billiards

USAGE EXAMPLES

In those days, the president followed the billiards game with bedtime routines with his daughters.

New York Times(Jul 02, 2016)

In 1989 it was scrapped on most forms of fun, including billiards, mah-jong and pachinko, but not golf, considered a corporate luxury.

Economist(Dec 01, 2016)

In Britain, car snooker adapts the rules of the variant of billiards on which it’s based, requiring players to spot vehicles of different colors.

New York Times(Nov 22, 2016)

n any 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

Hyper

table game

a game that is played on a table

单词	billiards
释义	billiards (once / 3662 pages) n Billiards is a table game in which players try to knock balls into pockets with a long stick. The game known as "pool" is considered to be one type of billiards. When you challenge a friend to a game of billiards, you'll take turns tapping hard balls with the end of a cue stick. These balls roll across a cloth-covered table and knock against other balls. The goal of the game is to get certain balls into certain pockets. Billiards is said to have evolved from lawn games like croquet, and the word itself, originally referring to the stick itself, comes from the French bille, or "stick." WORD FAMILY billiards USAGE EXAMPLES In those days, the president followed the billiards game with bedtime routines with his daughters. New York Times(Jul 02, 2016) In 1989 it was scrapped on most forms of fun, including billiards, mah-jong and pachinko, but not golf, considered a corporate luxury. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) In Britain, car snooker adapts the rules of the variant of billiards on which it’s based, requiring players to spot vehicles of different colors. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) n any 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 Hyper table game a game that is played on a table
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