pitch-and-toss 的意思
抛硬币游戏; 投掷游戏
pitch-and-toss 的词源
pitch-and-toss(n.)
1810年,由 pitch(动词1)和 toss(动词)组合而成。
A game in which the players pitch coins at a mark, that one whose coin lies nearest to the mark having the privilege of tossing up all the coins together and retaining all the coins that come down " head " up. The next nearest player tosses those that are left, and retains all that come down "head" up, and so on until the coins are all gone. [Century Dictionary]
这是一种游戏,玩家们将硬币投向一个目标,离目标最近的玩家可以一起抛起所有硬币,并保留所有正面朝上的硬币。离目标第二近的玩家则抛起剩下的硬币,保留所有正面朝上的,依此类推,直到所有硬币都被抛完。[《世纪词典》]
pitch-and-toss 的使用趋势
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