| 释义 |
Yahtzee Chiefly U.S.|ˈjɑːtsiː|
[f. yacht n.]
The proprietary name of a game (orig. ‘the yacht game’) played with dice and a score sheet.
1957Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Jan. tm 12/2 E. S. Lowe Company, Inc., New York... Yahtzee. For poker dice games. 1970Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 Apr. 563/1 Yahtzee... Boxed games; dice, boards, counters and cards (other than ordinary playing cards), all for games. E. S. Lowe Company, Inc...New York. 1973M. Kaye Toy is Born 56 Initially popular as a men's game—probably because of the gambling mystique of dice—Yahtzee went on to fascinate women's clubs. 1974N.Y. Times 10 Nov. ii. 37 We sat with a few friends and played Yahtzee all night long. 1977Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 19 June 5c/1 Following the dinner, members met..and spent the evening listening to music and playing Yahtzee. |