ninepins

• n. 九柱戏；九柱戏中的木柱（ninepin的复数）

nine,九，pin,插销，销子球。一种类似保龄球的游戏，把九个目标销子全部击落，引申词义大批倒下。

ninepins (n.)

1570s, from nine + plural of pin (n.). From the number of pins to be knocked down.

1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.

利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Near one end of the lawn were twelve old - fashioned knights playing at ninepins.

靠近草坪的一端,有十二个古代装束的武士在玩九柱戏.

来自辞典例句

3. They all go down like ninepins one after the other.

他们一个接一个地倒下去.

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4. There's a lot of flu about people are going down like ninepins.

流感正在蔓延--传染的人越来越多.

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5. Getty Images ONCE they started falling, the totems toppled like ninepins this week.

美好的图腾一旦开始坠落, 就会势如破竹般倒下.

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