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.
实用例句
1. 'No; I am going to play backgammon with you, if you like,'said the Doctor.
“ 我不想出去.如果你乐意, 我还想跟你掷骰子呢, ” 医生说.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
2. When I left, backgammon was all the rage.
你来了以后, 西洋双陆棋越来越难了.
来自电影对白
3. Is the classic game of backgammon cell phone. The screen is beautiful!
手机游戏介绍:非常经典的五子棋手机游戏. 画面很精美!
来自互联网
4. Four sons chess and backgammon are two well - known game.
四子棋和五子棋是两种比较出名的棋.
来自互联网
5. Martin soon latched on to the rules of backgammon.
