| 单词 | chinese whispers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChinese whispers Chinese whispers n. = Russian scandal n. at Russian n. and adj. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games drawing of glovesc1540 drawing gloves1599 substantives and adjectives1601 draw gloves1648 grinning-match1711 Move All1782 consequences1811 stagecoach1831 letters1845 Russian scandal1861 buzz1864 snap1865 slappy1868 apple-ducking1886 up Jenkins1889 piladex1895 telephone1910 hot potato1915 sardines1924 murder in the dark1930 pass the parcel1953 seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Chinese whispers1964 1964 Guardian 13 Mar. 5/6 The children's game of ‘Chinese whispers’..in which whispered messages were passed around the room and the version which came back to the starting point bore no relation to the original message. 1984 T. Augarde Oxf. Guide Word Games xviii. 167 This is the basis for a game which ‘Professor Hoffmann’..calls Russian Gossip (also known as Chinese Whispers). The participants are arranged in a circle, and the first player whispers a story or a message to the next player, and so on round the circle. The original story is then compared with the final version, which has often changed beyond recognition. < as lemmas |
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