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russian roulette

俄罗斯轮盘赌,俄罗斯轮盘,俄国轮盘赌,俄国轮盘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inperilous

Examples

  • Then came Bess Myerson, a daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who was raised in the Sholem Aleichem Houses in the Bronx.

  • This is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.

  • What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

  • Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.

  • His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.

  • The Russian general Bauer made her his mistress, after which she lived a short time with prince Mentschicoff.

  • Because they used a heavier ball, roulette looked about the same as on Earth, and the same went for the dice games.

  • Accordingly, when in 1812 he planned his Russian campaign, he entrusted Ney with the command of the third corps.

  • It is perhaps somewhat superfluous to say that the Russian Government at once adopted these balloons for war purposes.

  • An imperial ukase ordered that all the serfs in certain of the Russian states, between the ages of 30 and 35, should be enrolled.