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skittle

noun
🔊/ˈskɪtl/
🔊/ˈskɪtl/
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  1. [countable] a wooden or plastic object used in the game of skittles（英国滚球撞柱游戏的）木柱，塑料柱
  2. skittles
     [uncountable] (in Britain) a game in which players roll a ball at nine skittles and try to knock over as many of them as possible （英国）滚球撞柱游戏compare tenpin bowlingTopics Games and toysc2
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: of unknown origin. The word skyttel exists in Danish and Swedish in the sense ‘shuttle, child's marble’, but there is no evidence to connect this with the game of skittles.