• n. 九柱戲；九柱戲中的木柱（ninepin的復(fù)數(shù)）

nine,九，pin,插銷，銷子球。一種類似保齡球的游戲，把九個目標(biāo)銷子全部擊落，引申詞義大批倒下。

ninepins (n.)

1570s, from nine + plural of pin (n.). From the number of pins to be knocked down.

1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.

利物浦隊(duì)的隊(duì)員一度似乎怎么都不會受傷，但現(xiàn)在一倒就倒了一片。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Near one end of the lawn were twelve old - fashioned knights playing at ninepins.

靠近草坪的一端,有十二個古代裝束的武士在玩九柱戲.

來自辭典例句

3. They all go down like ninepins one after the other.

他們一個接一個地倒下去.

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4. There's a lot of flu about people are going down like ninepins.

流感正在蔓延--傳染的人越來越多.

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5. Getty Images ONCE they started falling, the totems toppled like ninepins this week.

美好的圖騰一旦開始墜落, 就會勢如破竹般倒下.

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