英:['geɪmnɪs]
美:['geɪmnɪs]
英:['geɪmnɪs]
美:['geɪmnɪs]
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
adv.gamely 勇敢地;不屈地
n.game 游戏;比赛
gamecock 斗鸡;好斗者;勇敢有生气的人
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
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
1 She scored a goal to tie the game.
2 And the passing of melodic themes between the chorus and the orchestra at the convergence of the finale was a breathtaking display of Britten’s compositional dexterity — and the BSO’s gameness.
3 Tom couldn't help watching him during chapel; and afterwards, on that evening, acknowledged to a friend that whatever else you might think of Blake, there was no doubt about his gameness.
4 Wouldn t you take more pride in your own gameness and courage?
你难道不为你自己的勇敢和勇气倍感自豪吗?
5 "I think the horse showed his gameness," owner Paul Reddam said.
6 Feeling great confidence in the gameness of my well-conditioned, hardy little nag, I let him go over the green springy turf, and soon found that the distance between us and the hartebeest was diminishing.
7 Let the heaven know my gameness.
让苍天知道我不认输。
8 She has a strong all-around game.
9 My mortification at having her boss my peers around was surpassed by my pride in her gameness and sacrifice of sanity.
10 We were both excited and thrilled with the gameness of this fish.
11 Despite The Conners’ mature handling of Roseanne’s departure and the gameness of its lead cast, the rest of the show proves to be a standard sitcom in every way.
12 Of Mr. Dwyer’s artistry and gameness there could be little doubt by day’s end.
13 Now good sportsmanship is composed of fairness, team-work, the grace of a good loser, the grace of a good winner, modesty, and gameness.
14 The hardships that the troops endured in the camp, rather than surrender, afford one of the numerous examples on record of the wonderful gameness and heroism of the English soldier.
15 Through that, it quickly spread to people way outside of gaming, and now that lack of "gameness" has turned into a major advantage.
16 Like Smith, he recognized that quality in her they each called “gameness,” and even more than Smith he appreciated the commingling of Scotch shrewdness and Indian craft.
17 Mr. Hampton was a thoroughgoing sport, and no quality was quite so apt to appeal to him as dead gameness.
18 He was given a resounding cheer for his gameness.
19 He felt for June the reluctant admiration gameness compels from those who are constitutionally timid.
20 He had in this bleak hour of reckoning the virtue of indomitable gameness.
1 勇敢
stalwart yeomanly pretty proud tall bold brave Martial heroic hardy stout courageous daring fearless manly intrepid valiant gallant dashing undaunted spunky wight prow ballsy dauntless high-spirited valorous soldierly gutty stouthearted lionhearted chin-up heart-whole high-hearted soldierlike unterrified greathearted dareful bravely gamely prowess bravery audacity manhood gallantry hardihood hardiment
2 不屈服
stiff stubborn unyielding unflinching undaunted unbowed unrelentingly indefatigably inflexibly indefatigability stick to guns