| 释义 |
paintball, n. orig. U.S.|ˈpeɪntbɔːl|
[f. paint n. + ball n.1]
a. A war-game in which participants use weapons that fire capsules of brightly coloured paint which burst on impact, any competitor marked in this way being eliminated from the game.
b. A capsule of paint for such a weapon.
[1983Esquire Sept. 34/4 Several players running through the woods..trying to reach checkpoints without being shot by the harmless paint-pellet pistols.] 1987Times 25 Aug. 3/1 (caption) A California Commander player armed with a paintball gun hunts rivals in the Sussex woods. Ibid. 3/3 The basic weapon..fires .68 calibre paintball. 1987Chicago Tribune 18 Dec. v. 3/2 Tucker has found a way to shoot people by playing a war game, Paintball, in which he and squads of weekend guerillas stalk each other through the woods with air guns that fire blobs of paint instead of bullets. 1988T. McGinley et al. Paintball Players Handbk. 7 In just two short years, the sport of paintball has become America's fastest growing new form of recreation activity. 1988Survival Weaponry & Techniques Sept. (Suppl.) 3/2 The undergrowth changes colour as a hail of paintballs cut [sic] through the leaves; branches go technicolour and nettles psychedelic. 1990Sydney Morning Herald 15 Mar. 30/7 Paintball? Yes, a curious American pastime which involves would-be Rambos running madly through the bush, shooting at each other with guns, which fire paint pellets. 1992Independent 4 May 2/7 He feared commercial owners would use the wood for pheasant rearing... Other threats included paintball games and motorcycling, he said.
Hence ˈpaintballer n., one who plays paintball; ˈpaintballing n..
1989Paintball Games Mag. Oct. 5/2 Paintballers come from all walks of life and we share a love of excitement and the open air. 1992Daily Tel. 15 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) p. ii/1 We had come to spend upwards of {pstlg}30 on a day's paintballing at Toby Hall's Skirmish centre. Ibid. ii/2 For sheer cunning, aggression and bravado, it is hard to beat the female paintballer. |