Chinese geometric puzzle, 1864, said to be an arbitrary formation based on anagram, etc. First element perhaps Chinese t'an "to extend," or t'ang, commonly used in Cantonese for "Chinese." Some suggest it is the name of the inventor, "but no such person is known to Chinese scholars" [OED]. Another theory involves the Tanka, an outcast aboriginal people of southern China, and Western sailors who discovered the puzzle from their Tanka girlfriends. Perhaps from an obscure sense of tram. The Chinese name is Ch'i ch'iao t'u "seven ingenious plan."
雙語例句
1. Tangram wood set! Tangram is usually stored a square format.
木制的七巧板! 通常是以正方形的方式收藏.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Tangram is a toy comprised of many geometrical pieces that can be put together.
七巧板就是用許多幾何圖形進(jìn)行拼湊的一種玩具.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. The sheet - let takes the tangram a puzzle game comprising seven pieces, as its subject.
這款郵票小型張以拼圖游戲“七巧板”為主題.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Children's tangram is low - priced and duraBle, and can develop children's intelligence very effectively.