ninepins

ninepins

英 ['naɪnpɪnʒ]

n. 九柱戲；九柱戲中的木柱（ninepin的復數）

中文詞源：

ninepins 大批倒下

nine,九，pin,插銷，銷子球。一種類似保齡球的遊戲，把九個目標銷子全部擊落，引申詞義大批倒下。

例句：

1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.
利物浦隊的隊員一度似乎怎麼都不會受傷，但現在一倒就倒瞭一片。

2. Near one end of the lawn were twelve old - fashioned knights playing at ninepins.
靠近草坪的一端,有十二個古代裝束的武士在玩九柱戲.

3. They all go down like ninepins one after the other.
他們一個接一個地倒下去.

4. There's a lot of flu about people are going down like ninepins.
流感正在蔓延--傳染的人越來越多.

5. Getty Images ONCE they started falling, the totems toppled like ninepins this week.
美好的圖騰一旦開始墜落, 就會勢如破竹般倒下.