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单词 game
释义

game

UK /ɡeɪm/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    prepared to join in with or to try a new, difficult, or dangerous activity

    He is such good fun – always game for anything.

    Synonyms and related words

    Willing to do or accept something
  2. 2
    old-fashioneda game knee or leg sometimes feels stiff or sore, often because of an old injury
    Synonyms and related words

    Injured, wounded or hurt

derived word
gamely
Synonyms and related words

In a willing way

game

US /ɡeɪm/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    prepared to join in with or to try a new, difficult, or dangerous activity

    He’s such fun – always game for anything.

    Synonyms and related words

    Willing to do or accept something
  2. 2
    a game knee or leg sometimes feels stiff or sore, often because of an old injury
    Synonyms and related words

    Injured, wounded or hurt

derived word
gamely
Synonyms and related words

In a willing way

game

UK /ɡeɪm/

Word Forms

singulargame
pluralgames


  1. 1
    countable an activity that you do for fun that has rules, and that you can win or lose

    Monopoly is a game for all the family.

    card/board/party game:

    Do you know any good party games?

    computer/video game:

    The kids all love playing computer games.

    Synonyms and related words

    Types of games
    1. 1a
      an activity that children do for fun that may not have rules or a winner

      The children were playing noisy games in the garden.

      Synonyms and related words

      Children’s games
  2. 2
    countable usually singulara type of sport

    They take the game of cricket very seriously here.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words relating to sports and games
    1. 2a
      the way that someone plays a sport

      He has trained hard to improve his game.

      the English/Italian etc game (=the way a sport, usually football, is played in England, Italy etc):

      Hard tackling is part of the English game.

      Synonyms and related words

      Actions in playing games or sports
  3. 3
    countable a particular event in which people take part in a competition

    He won the money in a poker game.

    Are you going to watch the game on TV tonight?

    game of:

    Let’s have a game of volleyball.

    Synonyms and related words

    Sports events and competitions
    1. 3a
      one of the series of separate parts that make up a particular event in some sports, such as tennis

      He won the first set 6 games to 4.

      Synonyms and related words

      Sports events and competitions
  4. 4

    games

    plural an organized event where people from many countries compete in different sports such as running, jumping, and swimming

    the Olympic Games

    Synonyms and related words

    Athletics and track and field sports
  5. 5

    games

    singular Britishorganized sports that children play at school

    Miss Plumtree takes us for games.

    Synonyms and related words

    School subjects
  6. 6
    countable an activity or situation that someone seems to be treating less seriously than it should be treated

    Marriage is just a game to them.

    They are playing political games with people’s safety.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words for actions and activities
    Synonyms and related words

    General words for situations and circumstances
  7. 7
    countable usually singularan activity or type of work that is like a game, for example because it has rules that you must follow

    In this business, you have to know the rules of the game.

    He worked in the building game all his life.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words for actions and activities
  8. 8
    uncountable wild animals, birds, and fish that people hunt, usually for food
    Synonyms and related words

    General animal types
    Synonyms and related words

    General words for hunting, shooting and fishing
  9. 9

    raise/up/work on your game

    to improve the way you do something
    I never finish novels. I need to up my reading game.
    I badly need to work on my interview game before my big interview next week.
    You could do with a bit more exercise, mate. You should raise your running game!
    Submitted by:
    Ismail from Russian Federation on 12/12/2017

phrases

ahead of the game
all part of the game
beat/play someone at their own game
a game of chance
the game is up
give the game away
it’s a game of two halves
on the game
the only game in town
what’s your/his/her game?

game

US /ɡeɪm/

Word Forms

singulargame
pluralgames


  1. 1
    countable an activity that you do for fun that has rules, and that you can win or lose

    Monopoly is a game for all the family.

    card/board/party game:

    Do you know any good party games?

    computer/video game:

    The kids all love playing computer games.

    Synonyms and related words

    Types of games
    1. 1a
      an activity that children do for fun that may not have rules or a winner

      The children were playing noisy games in the yard.

      Synonyms and related words

      Children’s games
  2. 2
    countable usually singulara type of sport

    They take the game of football very seriously here.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words relating to sports and games
    1. 2a
      the way that someone plays a sport

      He has worked hard to improve his game.

      Synonyms and related words

      Actions in playing games or sports
  3. 3
    countable a particular event in which people take part in a competition

    He won the money in a poker game.

    Are you going to watch the game on TV tonight?

    game of:

    We played a game of volleyball.

    Synonyms and related words

    Sports events and competitions
    1. 3a
      one of the series of separate parts that make up a particular event in some sports, such as tennis

      He won the first set 6 games to 4.

      Synonyms and related words

      Sports events and competitions
  4. 4
    countable usually singularan activity or type of work that is like a game, for example because it has rules that you must follow

    In this business, you have to know the rules of the game.

    He worked in the building game all his life.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words for actions and activities
  5. 5
    countable an activity or situation that someone seems to be treating less seriously than it should be treated

    Marriage is just a game to them.

    They are playing political games with people’s safety.

    Synonyms and related words

    General words for actions and activities
    Synonyms and related words

    General words for situations and circumstances
  6. 6

    games

    plural an organized event where people from many countries compete in different sports such as running, jumping, and swimming

    the Olympic Games

    Synonyms and related words

    Athletics and track and field sports
  7. 7
    uncountable wild animals, birds, and fish that people hunt, usually for food
    Synonyms and related words

    General animal types
    Synonyms and related words

    General words for hunting, shooting and fishing
  8. 8

    raise/up/work on your game

    to improve the way you do something
    I never finish novels. I need to up my reading game.
    I badly need to work on my interview game before my big interview next week.
    You could do with a bit more exercise, mate. You should raise your running game!
    Submitted by:
    Ismail from Russian Federation on 12/12/2017

phrases

ahead of the game
all part of the game
beat someone at their own game
a game of chance
the game is up
give the game away
on the game
the only game in town
what’s your/his/her game?

game

UK /ɡeɪm/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theygame
he/she/itgames
present participlegaming
past tensegamed
past participlegamed

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    transitive to use your knowledge of the rules to obtain benefits from a situation, especially in an unfair way
    game the system:

    There’s a difference between gaming the system and actually breaking the law and getting away with it.

    game the market:

    Homes are being offered for sale at unrealistically high prices as sellers try to game the market.

    We don’t create content to game the search engines, but rather, to offer the search engines something amazing for their users.

    This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 01/12/2014
    Synonyms and related words

    Bribery and manipulation
  2. 2
    intransitive to play computer games

    By the time I got out here to go to grad-school I was not gaming much anymore.

    Synonyms and related words

    Computer and video games and games played on machines

game

US /ɡeɪm/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theygame
he/she/itgames
present participlegaming
past tensegamed
past participlegamed

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    transitive to use your knowledge of the rules to obtain benefits from a situation, especially in an unfair way
    game the system:

    There’s a difference between gaming the system and actually breaking the law and getting away with it.

    game the market:

    Homes are being offered for sale at unrealistically high prices as sellers try to game the market.

    We don’t create content to game the search engines, but rather, to offer the search engines something amazing for their users.

    This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 01/12/2014
    Synonyms and related words

    Bribery and manipulation
  2. 2
    intransitive to play computer games

    By the time I got out here to go to grad-school I was not gaming much anymore.

    Synonyms and related words

    Computer and video games and games played on machines
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