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单词 ninepins
释义
ninepinsnine‧pins /ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz/ noun [uncountable] Examples
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  • Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.
word sets
WORD SETS
bar billiards, nounbeanbag, nounbilliards, nounblind man's buff, nounchicken, nouncrazy golf, nouncrossword, nouncue, nouncue ball, nouncushion, noundoll's house, noundomino, noundouble-Dutch, noundressing-up, nounducks and drakes, nounflag football, nounframe, nounhide-and-seek, nounkeep-away, nounkickball, nounkite-flying, nounleapfrog, nounmarble, nounmaze, nounmusical chairs, nounninepins, nounnoughts and crosses, nounpaper chase, nounparlour game, nounpeekaboo, interjectionplay, verbpocket, verbpool, nounpool hall, nounpot, verbpuzzle, nounsack race, nounskip, verbskipping rope, nounskittle, nounsnowball, nounsnowman, nounYo-Yo, nounzap, verb
Phrases
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  • Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.
1a game in which you roll a ball at nine bottle-shaped objects to try to hit them so that they fall2drop/go down like ninepins if people or things drop like ninepins, many of them fall down or become ill or injured suddenly all at the same time:  It’s just three weeks into the season and players are dropping like ninepins.
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