skittle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

— By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.

动词 v.

To play skittles. intransitive
(with down) To squander one's money. transitive
(sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen. transitive
(sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.; To defeat easily. figuratively,transitive
To knock down (skittles). transitive

词形变化

skittles plural skittles present,singular,third-person skittling participle,present skittled participle,past skittled past

词汇关系

衍生词

skittle out

词源

词源 1

Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), related to skjóta (“to shoot”), but the OED dismisses this connection as conjecture. The Old Norse word is related to Swedish and Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.

词源 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), related to skjóta (“to shoot”), but the OED dismisses this connection as conjecture. The Old Norse word is related to Swedish and Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.