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backgammon 音标拼音: [b'ækg ,æmən] n. 西洋双陆棋戏 西洋双陆棋戏 backgammon n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dicebackgammon \ back" gam` mon\, n. [ Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan. bakke tray E. game; or very likely the first part is from E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set back.] A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a " board" marked off into twenty- four spaces called " points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or " men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called { tables}. [ 1913 Webster] { backgammon board}, a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two " tables". [ 1913 Webster]
backgammon \ back` gam" mon\, v. t. In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first " table". When played for betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three times the wagered amount. [ 1913 Webster PJC] |
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