单词 | ninepin |
释义 | ninepin (once / 19898 pages) n WORD FAMILY ninepin: ninepins USAGE EXAMPLESRecords tumbled like ninepins as cinemas bruised by 2014's lacklustre takings got the perfect pick-me-up: namely, one must-see blockbuster after another. BBC(Dec 24, 2015) Not to be confused with bowls, covers tenpin and ninepin bowling. BBC(Sep 27, 2015) Friendship events planned for the end of the month to mark the 40th anniversary of the resumption of Sino-Japanese ties are falling like ninepins. New York Times(Sep 14, 2012) n a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles Syn|Hyper skittle, skittle pin bowling pin, pin a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target |
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