snooker

noun

/ˈsnuːkə(r)/

/ˈsnuːkər/

[uncountable] a game for two people played on a long table covered with green cloth. Players use cues (= long sticks) to hit a white ball against other balls (15 red and 6 of other colours) in order to get the coloured balls into pockets at the edge of the table, in a particular set order.斯诺克（供两人打的落袋台球，打球人用球杆击打白色母球，按一定顺序撞 15 个红球和 6 个彩球入袋）
- to play snooker打斯诺克
- a game of snooker斯诺克比赛
- a snooker hall/player/table斯诺克大厅/运动员/桌子
- The ex-miner stunned the snooker world by winning his first tournament.那位曾经的矿工首次取得了锦标赛冠军，震惊了斯诺克枱球界。
- We played a couple of frames of snooker in the evening.我们晚上玩了几局斯诺克。
compare billiards, poolTopics Sports: other sportsc2, Games and toysc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- professional
… of snooker
- frame
- game
verb + snooker
- play
snooker + noun
- ball
- cue
- table
- …
[countable] a position in snooker in which one player has made it very difficult for the opponent to play a shot within the rules（斯诺克比赛中的）障碍球Topics Sports: other sportsc2

词源late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

verb

/ˈsnuːkə(r)/

/ˈsnuːkər/

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they snooker	/ˈsnuːkə(r)/ /ˈsnuːkər/
he / she / it snookers	/ˈsnuːkəz/ /ˈsnuːkərz/
past simple snookered	/ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/
past participle snookered	/ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/
-ing form snookering	/ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/ /ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/

snooker somebody (in the game ofsnooker斯诺克比赛) to have your opponent in a snooker设障碍球Topics Sports: other sportsc2
snooker somebody/something (British English, informal) to make it impossible for somebody to do something, especially something they want to do阻挠；使落空
- Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.我原先设想的各项周末计划，这时候就彻底落空了。
snooker somebody (North American English, informal) to cheat or trick somebody欺骗；使上当

词源late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.