backgammon
名词 n.
动词 v.
发音 ʹbăkgămən
英文释义
名词 n.
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A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
— "I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.
- A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
动词 v.
- To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
词源 2
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
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