snooker
n[U]
game played with 15 red balls and 7 balls of other colours on a billiard-table 落袋台球(使用 15 个红色球和 7 个其他颜色球的游戏)
[attrib 作定语]
a snooker match 落袋台球比赛. => illus 见插图. Cf 参看 pool2 4. snooker, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
1 leave (an opponent) in a difficult position when playing snooker (玩落袋台球游戏时)使(对手)处於困境.
2 (infml fig 口, 比喻) place (sb) in a difficult position; trick or defeat (sb) 使(某人)处於困境; 欺骗或击败(某人)
You can't win; you've been completely snookered! 你怎麽做都没用, 你已经完全落入圈套了!
🗣️ 情景例句
My career as a fashion designer
我以时装设计为事业
On the way back home,we had a flat tire.
在途中回家,我们有一个轮胎破了。
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