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单词 diabolo
释义

diabolon.

Brit. /dɪˈab(ə)ləʊ/, /dʌɪˈab(ə)ləʊ/, U.S. /diˈɑbəˌloʊ/, /diˈæbəˌloʊ/, /daɪˈæbəˌloʊ/
Forms: 1900s– diablo, 1900s– diabolo.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French diabolo.
Etymology: < French diabolo (1905 denoting the top with which the game is played, 1906 denoting the game), alteration (perhaps after Italian diavolo devil) of diable (1835 in jeu du diable , denoting the game; for the French and Italian nouns, see devil n.).
1. A two-headed top (resembling an hourglass in shape) used in playing the game described at sense 2.Formerly a brand name.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun]
top13..
spilquernc1375
prill1440
spilcockc1440
whirligigc1440
nun1585
nun-gig1615
Roaring Meg1632
totum1706
teetotum1720
spinner1799
spinning-top1821
jenny-spinner1824
diabolo1905
dreidel1916
1905 Trade Marks Jrnl. 27 Sept. 1244 Diabolo. 274,557. Tops included in Class 49. Gustave Philippart, 24, Rue d'Aumale, Paris, France.
1906 Pict. Rev. Nov. 45/3 The ‘diabolo’ is made of celluloid shaped like an hour-glass and covered in rubber.
1953 Manch. Guardian 25 Aug. 3/5 Four Chinese performers..juggling with spinning diabolos.
2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Mar. 25 Amber Ross sends her swirly orange diabolo spinning into the air above her head, and lands it smartly back on the string.
2. A game or performance in which a top (of the kind described at sense 1) is spun and balanced on a string suspended between two sticks held in the hands, sometimes throwing the top into the air and catching it again.An earlier version of the game, using a top of much the same design, was sometimes called the devil on two sticks (see devil n. Compounds 2).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others
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papsea1450
half-bowl1477
pluck at the crow1523
white and black1555
running game1581
blow-pointa1586
hot cocklesa1586
one penny1585
cockelty bread1595
pouch1600
venter-point1600
hinch-pinch1603
hardhead1606
poor and rich1621
rowland-hoe1622
hubbub1634
handicap?a1653
owl1653
ostomachy1656
prelledsa1660
quarter-spellsa1660
yert-point1659
bob-her1702
score1710
parson has lost his cloak1712
drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754
French Fox1759
goal1765
warpling o' the green1768
start1788
kiss-in-the-ring1801
steal-clothes1809
steal-coat1816
petits paquets1821
bocce1828
graces1831
Jack-in-the-box1836
hot hand1849
sparrow-mumbling1852
Aunt Sally1858
gossip1880
Tambaroora1882
spoof1884
fishpond1892
nim1901
diabolo1906
Kim's game1908
beaver1910
treasure-hunt1913
roll-down1915
rock scissors paper1927
scissors cut paper1927
scissors game1927
the dozens1928
toad in the hole1930
game1932
scissors paper stone1932
Roshambo1936
Marco Polo1938
scavenger hunt1940
skish1940
rock paper scissors1947
to play chicken1949
sounding1962
joning1970
arcade game1978
1906 Pict. Rev. Nov. 45/3 Diabolo is essentially a game of skill.
1922 C. E. M. Joad Highbrows iv. 135 They invent some quaint form of amusement like diabolo or roller-skating.
1951 M. Henrey Little Madeleine v. 38 That summer little girls, older than I, played diabolo in the street.
2002 A. Enright Pleasure of Eliza Lynch (2004) 67 He found Eliza playing diabolo in the courtyard with the only son of Juana Pesoa.

Compounds

diabolo-shaped adj.
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1910 G. P. Gardner Jrnl. 7 Oct. in Chiefly Orient (1912) 99 Two girls each with two tsuduzumi diabolo shaped drums beaten with the hand.
1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 196 The curiously small, diabolo-shaped mallet.
2013 J. Kingdon et al. Mammals Afr. I. 52/1 The head is more egg-shaped than diabolo-shaped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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