释义
n.
[mass noun]a game for one player played by removing pegs one at a time from a board by jumping others over them from adjacent holes, the object being to be left with only one peg
单人跳棋。
the card game patience
单人纸牌戏。
a diamond or other gem set in a piece of jewellery by itself
（镶嵌在珠宝首饰上的）独粒钻石（或宝石）。
a ring set with such a gem
独粒宝石戒指。
either of two large extinct flightless birds related to the dodo, found on two of the Mascarene Islands until they were exterminated in the 18th century
(18世纪前生存于马斯克林群岛中二岛上的）渡渡鸟状灭绝鸟。
a large American thrush with mainly grey plumage and a short bill
美洲孤鸫。
词源
"early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin