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gameness

/geym-nis/US // ˈgeɪm nɪs //UK // (ˈɡeɪmnɪs) //

游戏性,博弈性,游戏规则,趣味性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of having a fighting spirit; courage or resolution; pluck: The horse revealed his true gameness, coming up from behind after that early stumble.
    • : the required enthusiasm or will to do something: In a show of gameness, they tackled the icy path with shovels and picks.

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Examples

  • What he lacked in size he made up in grit and the men secretly respected his gameness.

  • Sam saw me catch this bonefish, and he was as amazed as I was at the gameness and speed and strength of so small a fish.

  • Mr. Hampton was a thoroughgoing sport, and no quality was quite so apt to appeal to him as dead gameness.

  • Somehow the sight of this brought back to him that abiding faith in her "dead gameness" which had first awakened his admiration.

  • Both of the Dinsmores had a reputation for gameness in a country where the ordinary citizen was of proved courage.