Ninepin
[ ['nainpin] ]
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n. 九柱戏的木柱
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
ninepin
n
1 ninepins [sing v]
game in which a ball is rolled along the floor at nine bottle-shaped blocks of wood in order to knock them down 九柱地滚球（沿地面滚球撞击九根瓶状木柱的游戏）. Cf 参看 skittle, tenpin bowling.
2 [C] any of these blocks of wood （九柱地滚球的）瓶状木柱.
3 (idm习语) ,go down like `ninepins fall or be knocked over, etc in great numbers （大量地）倒下, 打翻
There's a lot of flu about people are going down (ie catching the disease) like ninepins. 流感正在蔓延--传染的人越来越多.
🗣️ 情景例句
so we can get an early start.
这样我们可以早点出发。
The man is surveying land for a national park.
这个人正在测量国家公园的土地
At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune-teller called Madam Bellinsky.
在一个乡村集市上，我决定去拜访一位称作别林斯夫人的算命人。