n.
- 游戏;运动;游戏(或运动)器具[C]
Football is a
game which interests me a lot.
足球是我感兴趣的运动。
Let's have a
game of cards.
我们玩牌吧。
- 竞赛;运动会[P][G]
The First East Asian
Games were held in Shanghai in 1993.
第一届东亚运动会于一九九三年在上海举行。
- (比赛等的)一局,一场[C]
He won two
games out of three.
他在三局比赛中胜了两局。
- 比赛得分情况 [U]
The
game is 5 to 3.
比分是五比三。
- 玩笑;计策,花招[C]
We saw through his
game.
我们看穿了他的鬼把戏。
- 猎物(可指兽、鸟、鱼等)[U]
A good hunter always has
game on the table.
好猎手的餐桌上总是不缺野味的。
a.
- 勇敢的;好斗的
The little boy was
game enough to swim across the river.
这小男孩胆子大,敢于游过河去。
- 狩猎的;猎物的[Z]
Game laws protect wild life.
狩猎法保护野生动物。
- 情愿的,对……有意的[Z][F][(+for)][+to-v]
She is
game for any risk.
她情愿冒任何风险。
vi.
- 赌博
短语
be off one's game
- 比赛状态不佳
He seems to
be off his game.
他看上去比赛状态不佳。
fair game
- 可抨击的对象
The private lives of film stars should not be considered as
fair game for newspaper reporters.
电影明星们的私生活不应该被看作是记者们可随意批评的目标。
give the game away
- 泄漏秘密
I
gave the game away by laughing.
我一笑便泄漏了机密。
have the game in one's hands
- 有必胜把握
He finally
had the game in his hands.
他终于胜券在握了。
play the game
- 办事公正;为人正直
That's not
playing the game.
那么做不公平。
The game is up.
- (指计划或阴谋)一切都完蛋了。
派生
辨析
game1
n.
- an activity engaged in for amusement.
▸the equipment used in playing a board game, computer game, etc.
- a form of competitive activity or sport played according to rules.
▸
(games)
a meeting for sporting contests.
▸
(games)
Brit. athletics or sports as a lesson or activity at school.
- a complete episode or period of play, ending in a final result.
▸a single portion of play, forming a scoring unit within a game.
- informal a type of activity or business regarded as a game:
the dating game.
▸a secret plan or trick:
I was on to his little game.
- wild mammals or birds hunted for sport or food.
▸the flesh of these, as food.
adj.
eager and willing to do something new or challenging:
they were game for anything.
v.
-
[as noun gaming]
playing at games of chance for money.
- play video or computer games.
Phrase
- ahead of the game
ahead of one's competitors or peers. - beat someone at their own game
use someone's own methods to outdo them. - the game is up
the deception or crime is revealed or foiled. - game over
informal said when a situation is regarded as hopeless. - on the game
Brit. informal working as a prostitute. - play the game
behave in a fair or honourable way.
Derivative
- gamely adv.
- gameness n.
- gamester n.
Etymology
OE gamen ‘amusement, fun’, gamenian ‘play, amuse oneself’, of Gmc origin.
game2
adj.
dated (of a person's leg) lame.
Etymology
C18: orig. dial., of unknown origin.