hopscotch
hopscotch — 名詞
1. an outdoor game in which children draw numbered squares on the ground with chalk
跳房子
地上畫格子、單腳跳的遊戲
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.
Rania 和 Min 用彩色粉筆在人行道上畫了一個跳房子格子。
collocation: draw a hopscotch grid
The children took turns tossing a pebble onto hopscotch squares before hopping through them.
孩子們輪流把小石子丟到跳房子的格子裡，然後單腳跳過去。
pattern: took turns + V-ing
Otis hopped on one leg through the hopscotch pattern to pick up the stone.
Otis 用單腳跳過跳房子的格子，去撿那顆石頭。
Rania and Min crowded around the hopscotch court, waiting for their turn to hop through the squares.
Rania 和 Min 圍在跳房子場地旁，等著輪到他們跳過格子。
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.'