单词 | pac-man |
释义 | Pac-Mann. Originally U.S. 1. A proprietary name for: a video and computer game in which a player guides a character through a maze with the aim of devouring food and opponents and eluding attacks. Also: the central character itself, typically a circle with a wedge-shaped indentation representing a mouth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific pong1976 Space Invaders1979 Pac-Man1981 Nintendo1987 Game Boy1989 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific character Pac-Man1981 1981 Ann. Rep. Bally Manuf. Co. 1980 7/1 The exciting new Pac-Man game appeared in October 1980. This game utilizes a hide and seek format with the Pac-Man able to evade or destroy the ghosts while devouring points accumulating energy dots. 1993 D. Sheff Game Over viii. 159 ‘Pac-Man’ was a blast in arcades, but the home version ‘sucked’. 2001 Day (New London, Connecticut) 7 Oct. a3/2 Rasmussen's encephalitis, is an autoimmune disorder... It gradually eats away at one hemisphere like a Pac Man, leaving a very debilitated, very handicapped and quite retarded individual. 2. A person who or thing which behaves like Pac-Man; (Finance) a strategy in which the object of a takeover bid makes a counter-bid for the ‘predator’ or acquiring company (usually attributive). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > types of takeover (bid) friendly1900 shut-out1969 hostile1972 Pac-Man1982 1982 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 12 Apr. Gov. Dick Thornburgh, while hoping for ‘a parasitical Pac-Man’ that will gobble up gypsy moth eggs, announced Monday the state will spend a record $6 million to spray 500,000 acres of trees against the pest. 1982 Times 1 Sept. 11/2 The Pac-man strategy was used by Cities Service to fight off a bid for the much smaller Mesa Petroleum. 2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. a28/1 Elf Aquitaine..subject to a hostile bid from Franco-Belgian rival TotalFina last year,..resorted to the rarely seen Pac-man defense of bidding for the bidder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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