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tenpins

/ten-pinz/US // ˈtɛnˌpɪnz //UK // (ˈtɛnˌpɪnz) //

十针,十字架,十字勋章,十字裤

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
    • : tenpin, a pin used in this game.

Examples

  • He relentlessly cut them down one after another like tenpins.

  • Ride a horse or a bicycle; play tennis or tenpins, or toss a ball.

  • This alley was laid on a long board table, and the game played with tenpins and small wooden balls.

  • Tenpins, ten′pinz, n. a game played in a bowling-alley, the aim being to bowl down ten pins set up at the far end.

  • Yet the spears from above mowed down the climbing savages like tenpins, while their weapons did little or no damage.