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单词 meeple
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Definition of meeple in English:

meeple

nounPlural meeplesˈmiːp(ə)lˈmipəl
  • A small figure used as a playing piece in certain board games, having a stylized human form.

    each player is given eight wooden meeples
    you can't move a meeple over a bridge unless a meeple is on the bridge
    at least two big meeple were stuck in that city for almost the entire game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other player's meeples can't be placed in grassland connected to your farmer's, but their meeple's grasslands can be connected with yours.
    • There are cities, roads, fields, and other tiles, and you score by placing your "meeple" on them.
    • You can place a tile, and then a meeple, so that you get in on his hard earned points just at the last second.
    • It has a fun mechanism where you pick up a group of meeples and drop off one on each tile you pass over and the last tile is triggered with the color you dropped there.
    • At the table, each player receives a small dry erase board and a marker, plus two meeple: one large and one small.
    • As for the pieces, the cards look exactly as they do in with the board game, as do the tokens, meeple and money.
    • When that area is complete, the player with the most meeples there gets the points.
    • You don't get your lounging meeple back until the end of the game, when you get 3 points for every completed city connected by grassland to him.
    • While you can't place a meeple onto a city (or road) already claimed by another player, you can place a tile that links two claimed areas together.
    • Whenever an area is completed, any meeples on that road, city, or cloister are returned to their owners and points are distributed accordingly.

Origin

Early 21st century: apparently a blend of my and a phonetic respelling of people and first used with reference to the board game Carcassonne.

 
 

Definition of meeple in US English:

meeple

nounˈmipəlˈmēpəl
  • A small figure used as a playing piece in certain board games, having a stylized human form.

    each player is given eight wooden meeples
    you can't move a meeple over a bridge unless a meeple is on the bridge
    at least two big meeple were stuck in that city for almost the entire game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can place a tile, and then a meeple, so that you get in on his hard earned points just at the last second.
    • At the table, each player receives a small dry erase board and a marker, plus two meeple: one large and one small.
    • Whenever an area is completed, any meeples on that road, city, or cloister are returned to their owners and points are distributed accordingly.
    • It has a fun mechanism where you pick up a group of meeples and drop off one on each tile you pass over and the last tile is triggered with the color you dropped there.
    • Other player's meeples can't be placed in grassland connected to your farmer's, but their meeple's grasslands can be connected with yours.
    • When that area is complete, the player with the most meeples there gets the points.
    • While you can't place a meeple onto a city (or road) already claimed by another player, you can place a tile that links two claimed areas together.
    • You don't get your lounging meeple back until the end of the game, when you get 3 points for every completed city connected by grassland to him.
    • As for the pieces, the cards look exactly as they do in with the board game, as do the tokens, meeple and money.
    • There are cities, roads, fields, and other tiles, and you score by placing your "meeple" on them.

Origin

Early 21st century: apparently a blend of my and a phonetic respelling of people and first used with reference to the board game Carcassonne.

 
 
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