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词根:game
adj.game 勇敢的
gamy 勇敢的;味道强的;猎物多的
gamey 味道强的;勇敢的;多猎物的
n.game 游戏;比赛
gamecock 斗鸡;好斗者;勇敢有生气的人
gameness 勇敢,不认输
vi.game 赌博
noun
a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
a football team's kicking game
games plural organized athletics
a field of gainful activity : line
the newspaper game
activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : play
often derisive or mocking jesting : fun, sport
make game of a nervous player
a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic
an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver : racket
animals under pursuit or taken in huntingespecially: wild animals hunted for sport or food
a target or object especially of ridicule or attack—often used in the phrase fair game
archaic pluck
adjective (1)
willing or ready to proceed
were game for anything
having or showing a resolute unyielding spirit
of or relating to game
game laws
verb
transitive + intransitive
to manipulate, exploit, or cheat in (a system, a situation, etc.) slyly or dishonestly for personal gain … a male bus driver who tried to game a drug test by using his wife's urine …—Chuck Shepherd
game the tax system
to play video games
Globally [in 2019], more than two billion people play video games, including 150 million Americans (nearly half the country's population), 60 percent of whom game daily.—Ferris Jabr
to play for a stake : gamble see also gaming
Is it the interest of any man to steal, to game, to waste his health and mental faculties by drunkenness …? No. All these are roads to ruin.—Charles Dickens
archaic to lose or squander by gambling
adjective (2)
being a body part and especially a limb that is usually permanently impaired in function Working his rifle lever with daunting speed despite his game arm …—Ron Soodalter
Despite his eyeglasses and his game leg, early in 1900 [Erskine] Childers volunteered for the Boer War.—Timothy Foote
"勇敢地",1861年,来自 game(adj.2)+ -ly(2)。在古英语和中古英语中,副词的意思是“巧妙地; 愉快地”。
Noun Middle English game, gamen "delight, amusement, play, contest, pursuit of animals in sport," going back to Old English gamen, gomen "amusement, jest, pastime," going back to Germanic *gamano- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German gaman "amusement," Old Norse gaman "sport, amusement"), of uncertain origin Adjective (1) derivative of game >entry 1 (earliest in phrase to die game "to meet death resolutely") Verb derivative of game >entry 1 Adjective (2) of obscure origin
The first known use of game was before the 12th century
gametenoun
a mature sex cell that usually has half of the normal number of chromosomes and is capable of uniting with a gamete of the opposite sex to begin the formation of a new individual
gametenoun
a mature sex cell that usually has half of the normal number of chromosomes and is capable of uniting with a gamete of the opposite sex to begin the formation of a new individual
gamernoun
a person who plays games and especially video games
a person who is gameespecially: an athlete who enjoys competition
gambolverb
to run or skip about in play : frolic
game1 of 4noun
activity engaged in for amusement
fun entry 1 sense 1, sport
make game of a nervous player
a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic
a line of work : profession
a contest carried on following set rules for amusement, exercise, or reward
a division of a larger contest
the number of points necessary to win
the manner of playing in a contest
animals pursued or taken by hunting
the flesh of game animals
an object of ridicule or attack—often used in the phrase fair game
game2 of 4verb
gamble entry 1 sense 1a
game3 of 4adjective
full of spirit or eagerness : determined
game to the end
willing or ready to go
of or relating to animals that are hunted
game laws
game4 of 4adjective
lame entry 1 sense 1b
a game leg
game1 of 4noun
activity engaged in for amusement
fun entry 1 sense 1, sport
make game of a nervous player
a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic
a line of work : profession
a contest carried on following set rules for amusement, exercise, or reward
a division of a larger contest
the number of points necessary to win
the manner of playing in a contest
animals pursued or taken by hunting
the flesh of game animals
an object of ridicule or attack—often used in the phrase fair game
game2 of 4verb
gamble entry 1 sense 1a
game3 of 4adjective
full of spirit or eagerness : determined
game to the end
willing or ready to go
of or relating to animals that are hunted
game laws
game4 of 4adjective
lame entry 1 sense 1b
a game leg
1 With his predecessor, George E. Pataki, gamely looking on, Governor Spitzer said in his 20-minute inaugural address that New York, "like Rip van Winkle, " had "slept through much of the past decade.
新任州长在其前任颇为不忿的冷眼旁观下,开始了20分钟的就职演讲,他说纽约州仿佛经历了“黄粱一梦,这一睡就是近十年”。
2 The chief mate gamely switched the music on his small radio from Ariana Grande to something more appropriately disco.
3 She gamely wandered the aisles — which smelled, in a turn towards caricature, like patchouli incense — and packed a basket of overpriced ingredients that we could have gotten at the Kroger down the block.
4 What's rather touching is the way that Walliams steps in to answer the questions and gamely tries to keep the conversation going while Lucas stares straight ahead, the room for me throbbing with his disapproval.
5 The names themselves are not necessarily extraordinary, except for the nature of the show on which they gamely appear.
6 Lewis says she never stopped gamely reprising her Bonnie Blue days for "Gone With the Wind" enthusiasts.
7 Her band mates gamely dive in, establishing a romping interplay around her nimble rhythms.
8 He's chatty and affable and is gamely pulling whatever expression is required of him, and then a few more.
9 Mitch Spence will switch Wednesday against Colorado lefty Austin Gomber, and Joey Estes will start Thursday’s game against fellow righty Ryan Feltner.
10 But he gamely executed his sly little shimmies: As a nondancer in a choreographer’s production, he did the opera world proud.
11 I persuaded a colleague to go and we gamely took the Tube to Arsenal station with absolutely no idea whether there would be tickets.
我说服了一位同僚同去,因为完全无法确定是否还有车票出售,只得勇敢的搭乘地铁去阿森纳。
12 Most of them sat when they were told to sit, gamely posed for selfies and didn’t flinch when a trainer dropped a large binder on the floor beside them.
13 At the dinner in Washington, Mr. Takei gamely endured a long line of photo seekers, some of whom splayed their fingers in the Vulcan salute.
14 Ms. Gilmer means the time-hopping play to be a trunk show with a mix of cinematic styles, and Katie Lindsay’s production gamely takes up that challenge.
15 Though Theresa May, the home secretary, gamely insists that the new system should cost no more than the old one, others are less sanguine.
虽然内政大臣特里萨·梅伊坚称新的警察体制不会比旧体制的花销大,但其他人并不像她那么乐观。
16 At last, this paper studies on collusion and anti-collusion problems in auction, and analyzes a practical case gamely.
最后对拍卖中的串谋与反串谋问题进行研究,并对一实际案例做博弈分析。
17 This is the challenge that Karin Roffman, the author of “From the Modernist Annex,” gamely takes up in “The Songs We Know Best,” the first full-fledged biography of Ashbery, who has just turned 90.
18 Here we blot out the world by creating cheap knockoffs of it, like the Statue of Liberty, her greenness a bit too pallid, gamely looking south toward the golden arches of McDonald’s.
19 But he gamely tries to widen his focus to include at least a bit of the British viewpoint.
不过,他大胆尝试拓宽视角,至少融入了一点英国人的视角。
20 The Arsenal star gamely posed in Scouts uniform to promote a Junior Gunners event where 200 lucky young fans will spend a night camping on the Emirates pitch.
这位阿森纳球星勇敢地摆出童子军造型,为了小枪手活动做宣传,200个幸运的小球迷将会在埃米尔球场度过一次难忘的夜晚夏令营。
1 勇敢
game bold brave stout gritty courageous intrepid valiant gallant gutsy spunky lionhearted bravely courageously valiantly nobly gallantly daringly intrepidly pluckily bravery boldness stoutness courageousness stalwart yeomanly pretty proud tall Martial heroic hardy daring fearless manly dashing undaunted wight prow ballsy dauntless high-spirited valorous soldierly gutty stouthearted chin-up heart-whole high-hearted soldierlike unterrified greathearted dareful prowess audacity manhood gallantry hardihood gameness hardiment
2 勇往直前地
4 斗鸡般
7 兴致勃勃地
9 果敢
11 果敢地