ninepins
英 ['naɪnpɪnʒ]
- n. 九柱戏；九柱戏中的木柱（ninepin的复数）
英英释义
- 1. bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins
词组搭配
go down (或drop 或fall) like ninepins
succumb in large numbers or without much opposition
兵败如山倒
实用场景例句
- There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.
- 利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。
柯林斯例句
- Near one end of the lawn were twelve old - fashioned knights playing at ninepins.
- 靠近草坪的一端,有十二个古代装束的武士在玩九柱戏.
辞典例句
- There's a lot of flu about people are going down like ninepins.
- 流感正在蔓延--传染的人越来越多.
互联网
- Getty Images ONCE they started falling, the totems toppled like ninepins this week.
- 美好的图腾一旦开始坠落, 就会势如破竹般倒下.
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中文词源
ninepins 大批倒下
nine,九，pin,插销，销子球。一种类似保龄球的游戏，把九个目标销子全部击落，引申词义大批倒下。
英文词源
- ninepins (n.)
- 1570s, from nine + plural of pin (n.). From the number of pins to be knocked down.
双语例句
- 1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.
- 利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Near one end of the lawn were twelve old - fashioned knights playing at ninepins.
- 靠近草坪的一端,有十二个古代装束的武士在玩九柱戏.
来自辞典例句
- 3. They all go down like ninepins one after the other.
- 他们一个接一个地倒下去.
来自互联网
- 4. There's a lot of flu about people are going down like ninepins.
- 流感正在蔓延--传染的人越来越多.
来自互联网
- 5. Getty Images ONCE they started falling, the totems toppled like ninepins this week.
- 美好的图腾一旦开始坠落, 就会势如破竹般倒下.
来自互联网