a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order
彩色台球,斯诺克。
[count noun]a position in a game of snooker or pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at any permitted ball
在彩色台球中阻碍运动员打直线球的位置
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he needed a snooker to have a chance of winning the frame. 他需要有一个能阻碍对手打直线球的位置才有机会赢得这轮。
subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker
使(自己或他人)不能打直线球。
〈喻〉 使(某人)处于困境;阻碍
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I managed to lose my flat keys—that was me snookered. 我竟然把房子钥匙丢了——这下我陷入困境了。
〈喻,美〉 欺骗,诱惑,引入圈套
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they were snookered into buying books at prices that were too high. 他们被骗以高价购买书籍。
" late 19th cent.: of unknown origin."