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单词 russian roulette
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Russian roulette

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noun

a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.

Origin of Russian roulette

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby Russian roulette

Russian Federation, Russianize, Russian olive, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Revolution, Russian roulette, Russian salad, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian thistle, Russian Turkestan
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British Dictionary definitions for Russian roulette

Russian roulette

noun

a game of chance in which each player in turn spins the cylinder of a revolver loaded with only one cartridge and presses the trigger with the barrel against his own head
any act which, if repeated several times, is likely to have disastrous consequences
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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