backgammon

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

backgammons

1.
(countable, uncountable)A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

backgammons

V_ing/Gerund

backgammoning

V_ed/pp

backgammoned

1.
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

Dutch backgammonRussian backgammongammontick-tacktric-tractrick-tracktric-trac, trick-track

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Nguồn gốc từ

Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (amusement, game).