game

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯m/|[ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯m]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A playful or competitive activity.; A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. countable,uncountable
    — Being a child is all fun and games.
  2. A playful or competitive activity.; An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. countable
    — Games in the classroom can make learning fun.
  3. A playful or competitive activity.; A school subject during which sports are practised. UK,countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — From time to time tracksuited boys ran past them, with all the deadly purpose and humourless concentration of those who enjoyed Games.
  4. A playful or competitive activity.; A particular instance of playing a game. countable
    — Sally won the game.
  5. A playful or competitive activity.; That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. countable,uncountable
  6. A playful or competitive activity.; The number of points necessary to win a game. countable,uncountable
    — In short whist, five points are game, while in in table tennis game is 21 points.
  7. A playful or competitive activity.; In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. countable,uncountable
  8. A playful or competitive activity.; The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. countable
    — Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.
  9. A playful or competitive activity.; One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. countable,uncountable
    — Study can help your game of chess.
  10. A playful or competitive activity.; Ellipsis of video game. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
    — There’s a sense here, as well as in games such as Limbo, that we’re making ourselves experience our children’s reality, trapped in the chaos that the adults have created.
  11. A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession. countable,informal,singular,usually
    — When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
  12. A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.; The music industry. countable,informal,singular,uncountable,usually
    — The rapper bragged about how he ran the game.
  13. Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed. countable,figuratively
    — In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
  14. An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants. countable
  15. A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal. countable
    — You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?
  16. Wild animals hunted for food. uncountable
    — The forest has plenty of game.
  17. The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy. informal,uncountable
    — He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
  18. Lovemaking, flirtation. archaic,countable,uncountable
  19. Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.) countable,slang,uncountable
    — ſet them downe, / For ſlottiſh ſpoyles of opportunitie; / And daughters of the game.
  20. Mastery; the ability to excel at something. slang,uncountable
    — What is game? Who got game? / Where's the game in life, behind the game behind the game / I got game, she's got game / We got game, they got game, he got game
  21. Diversion, entertainment. archaic,uncountable
    — To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder.
动词 v.
  1. To gamble. intransitive
    — an impressive protest against gaming, swearing, and all immoral practices which might forfeit divine aid in the great struggle for National Independence
  2. To play card games, board games, or video games. intransitive
    — “The first few days after getting here are weird. It’s a version of cold turkey because you’ve been gaming around the clock and suddenly, nothing. […]”
  3. To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. transitive
    — We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
  4. To perform premeditated seduction strategy. slang,transitive
    — Returning briefly to his journalistic persona to interview Britney Spears, he finds himself gaming her, and she gives him her phone number.
形容词 adj.
  1. Willing and able to participate. colloquial
    — "[…] But what’s this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale? art not game for Moby Dick?”
  2. Injured, lame.
    — You come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure."
  3. That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
  4. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

词形变化

games plural gamer comparative gamest superlative games present,singular,third-person gaming participle,present gamed participle,past gamed past more game comparative most game superlative

词汇关系

近义词
game
上位词
activity
下位词
board game card game computer game cue sport dice game electronic game game of chance game of skill game of strategy guessing game numbers game party game parlour game role-playing game sport team sport video game zero-sum
衍生词
163rd game action game adventure game advergame aftergame after-game A game A-game ahead of the game ain't no shame in my game all fun and games alternate reality game antigame arcade game art game artillery game at the top of one's game away game backgame back in the game back-seat game badger game Balbo's game ball game banking game beat someone at their own game beer and pretzels game big game blackgame black game blame game blow this for a game of soldiers board game bowl game bullet-screen game cannon game card game cash game casual game catch someone at their own game cat's game centipede game change the game children's game choking game circle game city-building game clapping game clear game clicker game cocktail game complete game computer game confidence game con game console game cooperative game Cornish game hen counting-out game crane game crapgame crunch game crying game cue game cybergame dance game day game death game dice game door game doorgame doujin game dress-up game drinking game empathy game end game endgame end-game end of the ball game ballgame Eurogame exergame exhibition game expectations game extensive form game fair game fangame field game fighting game Foddian game folkgame foregame for the love of the game fuck this for a game of soldiers fun and games gal game gameable game bag gamebag game ball game bird gameboard game board gamebook gamebot gamebreaking game camera gamecard gamecatcher game chair gamechanger game changer game-changer game-changing game clock game club gamecock game console game controller gamecraft game day gameday gamedev game dev game drive game-end game engine game face gamefic game-filled game fish gamefish game for a laugh game fowl gamefowl game-goer gamegoer game-head gamejack gamejacker game jam game jammer gamekeeper game keeper game-keeper gamekeeping gameland game laws gameless gamelike gamely game-making game manager game master game mastering game mistress game mode game of chance game of chicken game of gotcha game of luck game of skill game of strategy game of the goose game of Troy game of two halves gameography game on game out game over game-over gamepad game pad game park game piece game plan gameplayer gameplay game-play gameplaying game point game port gameport game preserve game rage game reserve game room games room game save gamescape game score game sense game set game, set, match game sheet game show gamesman gamesmanship gamesome gamespace gamesplayer gamester game studies gamesy game theory game-theoretical game theorist game time → game-time decision gametype gameverse game viewer game warden gameware game-winner gamewise game with a purpose gameworld gamey gamy gamification gamify German game give the game away god game good game goomer grab game grand strategy game ground game guessing game gutter game hand game handgame have fun and games head game head-game hidden-object game home game hypergame idle game imitation game incremental game ingame in-game → in-game currency in the game iron game killer game knife game language game late in to the game launch game L game lift one's game long game lookers-on see most of the game love game makegame make game of map game massively multiplayer online game m.m.o. role-playing g. master of game match-three game match-four game mathematical game May game Mazur game mechanical game medal game Mediterranean Games megagame metagame metagaming microgame middlegame middle game midgame mind game minigame mini-game mobile game mug's game multigame Murphy game music game name of the game netgame neurogame new game new game + new game plus newsgame new to the game night game nomination game nongame normal form game Northcott's game no shame in my game number game numbers game off one's game old army game online reality game only game in town on one's game on the game on top of one's game open game otome game outgame panel game parity game parlor game parlor-game parlour game parlour-game party game passing game pebble game penis game Penney's game perfect game pervasive game philosopher's game pick-up game pinch of the game pitch game platform game play a double game playgame play games play someone at their own game play stupid games, win stupid prizes play the game play the pronoun game Ponzi game postgame post game pregame pre-game proof game pseudogame put someone on game puzzle game race game rage game raise one's game redemption game reindeer games retrogame return game rhythm game ring game road game roaring game roleplaying game role-playing video game round game rules of the game run game run game on running game sandbox game saved game savegame screw this for a game of soldiers semi-closed game semi-open game service game shedding game shell game shitgame Sir Philip Sidney game skin in the game small game snake game sod this for a game of soldiers sports game stage of the game stealth game step up one's game strap game strategy game strongman game subgame survival game table game tabletop game tactical role-playing game take-that game take the game to talk a good game team game telephone game that's why they play the game the beautiful game the game is not worth the candle the game is up there's no shame in my game tile-matching game town-building game Troy game TV game twitch game two can play that game two-handed game tycoon game ultimatum game up one's game up the game vantage game video arcade game video-game video game console video game controller video game viddy game waiting game wall game war game webgame what's your game whole new ball game wide game word game zero-sum game gamer game is game gameness game as Ned Kelly game the system
相关词
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词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *gamaną
Proto-West Germanic *gaman
Old English gamen
Middle English game
English game
From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble.
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