marbles
英美
- n. 大理石；彈球（marble的復數）；[建] 大理石雕刻品
- v. 把…弄上大理石花紋；把肉肥瘦均勻搭配好（marble的三單形式）
英文詞源
- marbles (n.)
- children's game, from plural of marble (n.); first recorded by that name in 1709 but probably older (it was known in 13c. German as tribekugeln) and originally played with small balls of polished marble or alabaster, later clay; the modern glass ones with the colored swirl date from 1840s.
Meaning "mental faculties, common sense" is from 1927, American English slang, perhaps [OED] from earlier slang marbles "furniture, personal effects, 'the goods' " (1864, Hotten), a corrupt translation of French meubles (plural) "furniture" (see furniture).
雙語例句
- 1. On the far side of the street, two boys were playing marbles.
- 在街道的那一邊，兩個男孩在玩彈子游戲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Let's have a game of marbles.
- 咱們玩彈球游戲吧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I'll tell it to you, although you'll probably think I've lost my marbles.
- 就算你也許會以為我瘋了，我也要把它告訴你。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. But they cared nothing for marbles, or circus, or swimming, or anything.
- 可是,他們對石頭彈子 、 馬戲 、 游泳等一切游戲都不感興趣了.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 5. The two marbles lay within a foot of each other.
- 兩個彈子相距不到一英尺.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險