carom

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. countable
  2. Ajwain. uncountable
  3. A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter. uncountable
    — He loved playing carom in his free time.
动词 v.
  1. To make a carom (shot in billiards). intransitive
  2. To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
    — [T]he grubit bombs went rolling back and forth over our feet, fetching up against the sides of the car with a crash. The big Red Guard, whose name was Vladimir Nicolaievitch, plied me with questions about America […] while we held on to each other and danced amid the caroming bombs.

词形变化

caroms plural carrom alternative caroms present,singular,third-person caroming participle,present caromed participle,past caromed past carrom alternative carrom alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
carom billiards carom plug

词源

Etymology tree
Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra)der.
Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ)der.
Malay karambalbor.
Portuguese carambolabor.
Spanish carambolabor.
French caramboleder.?
English carom
Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary