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quoit

/kwoit, koit/US // kwɔɪt, kɔɪt //UK // (kɔɪt) //

奎特,夸父

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : quoits, a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
    • : a ring used in the game of quoits.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to throw as or like a quoit.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to play quoits.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Miss Fox obligingly unfastened the frying-pan, and shied it, quoit-like, down the table to her hostess.

  • Planorbis (Gyraulus) nautileus is very small; quoit-shaped, with the upper side flat.

  • He was more impressed by Marshall's gayety and unrestraint at the Quoit Club than by anything else he noted.

  • During the game a dispute arose between two players "as to the quoit nearest the meg."

  • Pallas too does not fail him, she marks his superiority in the throw of his quoit, and thus inspires him with courage.