hopscotch
hopscotch — noun
1. an outdoor game in which children draw numbered squares on the ground with chalk
an outdoor game in which children draw numbered squares on the ground with chalk, then toss a small object into the squares and hop on one foot through the pattern to pick it up.
Rania and Min drew a hopscotch grid on the pavement with coloured chalk.
collocation: draw a hopscotch grid
The children took turns tossing a pebble onto hopscotch squares before hopping through them.
pattern: took turns + V-ing
Otis hopped on one leg through the hopscotch pattern to pick up the stone.
Rania and Min crowded around the hopscotch court, waiting for their turn to hop through the squares.
用法筆記
Hopscotch is an uncountable noun, so you 'play hopscotch' — never 'play a hopscotch.' You can, however, say 'play a game of hopscotch.' The squares are sometimes called a 'hopscotch court' or 'hopscotch grid.'