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单词 shuffleboard
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Definition of shuffleboard in English:

shuffleboard

nounˈʃʌflbɔːdˈʃəfəlˌbɔrd
  • A game played by pushing discs with a long-handled shovel over a marked surface.

    Also called shovelboard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She suggested we play shuffleboard, and it was a new experience for me.
    • Florida has been called ‘God's waiting room,’ due to a large chunk of its populace being golden-age refugees from the cold, there to bask in the rays and get a little shuffleboard in before they buy the farm.
    • The shuffleboard, first called shoveboard and then, inexplicably, shovelboard, appears to have originated in England, where there is a record of it being played in 1532.
    • And somehow, you realize that there's so much more to a cruise than just shuffleboard and pool exercises.
    • A few years ago, while visiting my grandfolks in Florida, I decided to skip the evening's high stakes game of shuffleboard to explore what live music in the neighboring city of West Palm Beach had to offer.
    • On the ship the men established a friendly relationship, playing games such as ringtoss, shuffleboard, and euchre.
    • And nobody would claim that shuffleboard is a sport - except maybe Sol Shuffleboard, who invented the game in 1934 when he was the director of leisure activities at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami Beach.
    • It takes much more physical skill, strength and endurance than you give it credit for (a tad more than shuffleboard, bocce or marbles).
    • Such was the attempt to control the lives of the working class, that in 1542 even shuffleboard was banned - a game which we now call shove half-penny.
    • It's the place where guests can eat 3 meals a day, drink, play pool, shuffleboard, darts, watch satellite television, or have fun with a full Karaoke stage and equipment.
    • Employee amenities include a cafeteria with indoor and patio seating, café-style lounges with free beverages and a game room featuring foosball and shuffleboard tables.
    • Yeah, you'd rather watch shuffleboard than sit through four quarters of Ohio State football.
    • Fancy a cruise holiday, but not sold on shuffleboard tournaments and cocktails with the captain?
    • Get yourselves some knitting needles and a shuffleboard, and get the hell to Boca Raton like normal old people!
    • When he's not working in the kitchen, he plays shuffleboard and other games with the 10 to 15 clients participating in this program.
    • It's not as though she ever expressed interest in moving somewhere warm where she could play shuffleboard all day or anything.
    • Would you like to play a little pool or indoor shuffleboard in a room like that of an exclusive club, but one that welcomes you and your friends?
    • Curling combines the worst of shuffleboard and housekeeping.
    • Wanda is up in heaven, which is depicted as an amusement park where everybody is happy and plays shuffleboard all day.
    • Some very fine shuffleboard playing on my part that still didn't get us the win.
 
 

Definition of shuffleboard in US English:

shuffleboard

nounˈʃəfəlˌbɔrdˈSHəfəlˌbôrd
  • A game played by pushing disks with a long-handled cue over a marked surface.

    Also called shovelboard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Curling combines the worst of shuffleboard and housekeeping.
    • It takes much more physical skill, strength and endurance than you give it credit for (a tad more than shuffleboard, bocce or marbles).
    • The shuffleboard, first called shoveboard and then, inexplicably, shovelboard, appears to have originated in England, where there is a record of it being played in 1532.
    • Some very fine shuffleboard playing on my part that still didn't get us the win.
    • Florida has been called ‘God's waiting room,’ due to a large chunk of its populace being golden-age refugees from the cold, there to bask in the rays and get a little shuffleboard in before they buy the farm.
    • A few years ago, while visiting my grandfolks in Florida, I decided to skip the evening's high stakes game of shuffleboard to explore what live music in the neighboring city of West Palm Beach had to offer.
    • It's not as though she ever expressed interest in moving somewhere warm where she could play shuffleboard all day or anything.
    • Such was the attempt to control the lives of the working class, that in 1542 even shuffleboard was banned - a game which we now call shove half-penny.
    • On the ship the men established a friendly relationship, playing games such as ringtoss, shuffleboard, and euchre.
    • Yeah, you'd rather watch shuffleboard than sit through four quarters of Ohio State football.
    • And somehow, you realize that there's so much more to a cruise than just shuffleboard and pool exercises.
    • Get yourselves some knitting needles and a shuffleboard, and get the hell to Boca Raton like normal old people!
    • When he's not working in the kitchen, he plays shuffleboard and other games with the 10 to 15 clients participating in this program.
    • Wanda is up in heaven, which is depicted as an amusement park where everybody is happy and plays shuffleboard all day.
    • It's the place where guests can eat 3 meals a day, drink, play pool, shuffleboard, darts, watch satellite television, or have fun with a full Karaoke stage and equipment.
    • Employee amenities include a cafeteria with indoor and patio seating, café-style lounges with free beverages and a game room featuring foosball and shuffleboard tables.
    • She suggested we play shuffleboard, and it was a new experience for me.
    • And nobody would claim that shuffleboard is a sport - except maybe Sol Shuffleboard, who invented the game in 1934 when he was the director of leisure activities at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami Beach.
    • Fancy a cruise holiday, but not sold on shuffleboard tournaments and cocktails with the captain?
    • Would you like to play a little pool or indoor shuffleboard in a room like that of an exclusive club, but one that welcomes you and your friends?

Origin

Altered from shovelboard.

 
 
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