- [uncountable]
a game for two people played on a long table covered with green cloth. Players use cues (= long sticks) to hit a white ball against other balls (15 red and 6 of other colours) in order to get the coloured balls into pockets at the edge of the table, in a particular set order. 斯诺克（供两人打的落袋台球，打球人用球杆击打白色母球，按一定顺序撞 15 个红球和 6 个彩球入袋） to play snooker 打斯诺克 a game of snooker 斯诺克比赛 a snooker hall/player/table 斯诺克大厅/运动员/桌子 The ex-miner stunned the snooker world by winning his first tournament. 那位曾经的矿工首次取得了锦标赛冠军，震惊了斯诺克枱球界。 We played a couple of frames of snooker in the evening. 我们晚上玩了几局斯诺克。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- frame
- game
- play
- ball
- cue
- table
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- [countable]
a position in snooker in which one player has made it very difficult for the opponent to play a shot within the rules （斯诺克比赛中的）障碍球
Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.