单词 | carom |
释义 | car·om (kărəm) n. 1. A collision followed by a rebound. 2. a. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls. Also called billiard. b. A similar shot in a related game, such as pool. v. car·omed, car·om·ing, car·oms v.intr. 1. To collide and rebound; glance: The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch. 2. To make a carom, as in billiards. v.tr. To cause to carom. [Short for carambole, a stroke at billiards, from French, a billiard ball, from Spanish carambola, a stroke at billiards, perhaps from Portuguese, carambola; see CARAMBOLA.] |
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