tetherball

/teth-er-bawl/US // ˈtɛð ərˌbɔl //

拴球,拴线球,拴住球,拴马桩

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a game for two persons, in which each player, standing on each side of a post from the top of which a ball is suspended by a cord, hits the ball with the hand or a paddle in a direction opposite to that in which the other player hits it, the object being to coil the cord completely around the post.

Is it any wonder that control of Congress is swinging back and forth like a tetherball?