snooker

名词 n. 动词 v.

中文释义

英 /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/ 美 /ˈsnʊkɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries. countable,uncountable
The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it. countable,uncountable

— She put her opponent in a snooker.

动词 v.

To play the game of snooker. intransitive
To fool or bamboozle. transitive

— But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.
To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it. ambitransitive
To put (someone) in a difficult situation. broadly,transitive

— Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we were snookered.
To cause to become inebriated. transitive

snookers plural snookers present,singular,third-person snookering participle,present snookered participle,past snookered past

衍生词

Chinese snooker Savile snooker snooker ball snookerer snooker table snookery volunteer snooker