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单词 dartboard
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dartboardn.

Brit. /ˈdɑːtbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈdɑrtˌbɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dart n., board n.
Etymology: < dart n. + board n.
A circular board marked with numbered segments, used as a target in the game of darts.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > darts > [noun] > target
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1853 Bristol Mercury 3 Sept. 7/4 The revel-going fraternity would seem to have pre-known the scarcity of visitors for the long range of gingerbread standings, the ‘wheels of fortune’ and ‘lucky-bags’, the ‘dart-boards’ and ‘nut-guns’ had almost entirely disappeared.
1901 Stationer, Printer & Fancy Trades' Reg. 1 June 322 (advt.) Ring Boards. Dart Boards. Parlour Cricket.
1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xiii. 227 There was a pock-marked dart-board in one corner.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 943/2 On a dart board the numbers 1 to 20 do not lie serially; to hit 19 when aiming for 20 represents a greater deviation of aim than to hit 1.
2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler vi. 59 I had a fair amount of time on my hands..so I took my dartboard with me on certain jobs, and practised all the different permutations and possible finishes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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