单词 | snooker |
释义 | snook·er ![]() n. Pocket billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors. tr.v. snook·ered, snook·er·ing, snook·ers 1. Slang a. To lead (another) into a situation in which all possible choices are undesirable; trap. b. To fool; dupe: "Snookered by a lot of malarkey about drilling costs, a Texas jury ... added $3 billion of punitive damages" (New Republic). 2. To leave one's opponent in the game of snooker unable to take a direct shot without striking a ball out of the required order. [Origin unknown.] |
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