| 释义 |
car·om
I. noun
also car·rom \ˈkarəm also -er-\
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from carambole (I)
1. : a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls
2. : a rebounding especially at an angle : a glancing off
3. [from Carroms, a trademark]
a. caroms plural but singular in construction : a game played by two or four persons with round wooden counters on a large square board having corner pockets
b. : a counter used in caroms
II. verb
also carrom \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to make a carom
2. : to strike and rebound : glance : rebound or glance after striking
< his drive hit a tree and caromed off into a roadway — Time >
3. : to proceed by or as if by caroms
< she tried to carom from my corner of the room to the bar — Henry Miller >
transitive verb
: to make (an object) bounce off something
< place an object ball on the table and try to carom the cue ball from it — Willie Hoppe > |