backgammon: [17] Backgammon appears to mean literally ‘back game’, although the reason for the name is far from clear (gammon had been used since at least the early 18th century for a particular type of victory in the game, but it is hard to say whether the term for the victory came from the term for the game, or vice versa). Either way, gammon represents Old English gamen, the ancestor of modern English game. The game backgammon goes back far further than the 17th century, of course, but before that it was called tables in English. => game
backgammon (n.)
1640s, baggammon, the second element from Middle English gamen, ancestor of game; the first element apparently because pieces sometimes are forced to go "back." Known 13c.-17c. as tables.
雙語例句
1. 'No; I am going to play backgammon with you, if you like,'said the Doctor.
“ 我不想出去.如果你樂意, 我還想跟你擲骰子呢, ” 醫(yī)生說.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記
2. When I left, backgammon was all the rage.
你來了以后, 西洋雙陸棋越來越難了.
來自電影對白
3. Is the classic game of backgammon cell phone. The screen is beautiful!
手機(jī)游戲介紹:非常經(jīng)典的五子棋手機(jī)游戲. 畫面很精美!
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Four sons chess and backgammon are two well - known game.
四子棋和五子棋是兩種比較出名的棋.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Martin soon latched on to the rules of backgammon.