pinball
pinball — 名詞
1. a game where players press buttons to keep a steel ball bouncing off bumpers and
彈珠檯
用按鈕控制彈珠的機檯遊戲
a game where players press buttons to keep a steel ball bouncing off bumpers and lights on a sloping glass board, aiming to score points without letting the ball drop to the bottom
Asher spent Saturday afternoon at the arcade playing pinball with his classmates.
Asher 星期六下午在遊樂場和同學一起玩彈珠檯。
play pinball at an arcade
The old pinball machine in the diner still had its original score labels.
餐廳裡那台舊彈珠檯還保留著原本的分數標籤。
Mira set a new high score on the pinball machine near the café entrance.
Mira 在咖啡廳入口附近的彈珠檯上創下了新高分。
set a high score on a pinball machine
A pinball tournament at the youth center started every Friday evening.
青少年中心每週五晚上都會舉辦彈珠檯比賽。
pinball tournament at [venue]
Rafael saved his spare change all month just to play pinball at the fair.
Rafael 存了整整一個月的零錢，就為了在園遊會上玩彈珠檯。
- play pinball
- pinball machine
- pinball tournament
- pinball wizard
- a game of pinball
- pinball league
- arcade game
a broader category that includes pinball, video games, and other coin-operated machines
- bagatelle
the 18th-century table game from which pinball developed; very rare in modern use
用法筆記
Uncountable — you say 'a game of pinball' or 'play pinball', never 'a pinball' to refer to the activity.
常見錯誤
pinball — 動詞
- pinballpresent simple I / you / we / they
- pinballs3rd person singular
- pinballing-ing form
- pinballedpast simple
1. to move quickly and without control between different people or places, like a b
彈來彈去
像彈珠般快速亂移
to move quickly and without control between different people or places, like a ball in a pinball machine
After the earthquake, boxes of supplies pinballed across the warehouse floor.
地震後，一箱箱物資在倉庫地板上彈來彈去。
pinball across [surface]
The little kitten pinballed from the sofa to the curtains and back again.
小貓咪從沙發彈到窗簾，又彈了回來。
pinball from [place] to [place]
Xiu's email pinballed between four managers before reaching the director.
Xiu 的郵件在四位經理之間轉來轉去，最後才送到主管手上。
pinball between [people/groups]
The tennis ball pinballed off the walls, the net, and the ceiling.
網球在牆壁、球網和天花板之間彈來彈去。
- pinball across
- pinball between
- pinball off
- pinball around
- pinball from…to…
- settle
to stop moving and stay in one place
文法句型
pinball + prepositional phrase (across, between, off, from…to…)
用法筆記
Almost always used with a direction phrase (across, between, off, from…to…). Rare in formal writing; most common in vivid descriptions of physical movement or bureaucratic processes.
常見錯誤
同根字
- pinballer名詞C2