pitch-and-toss 的含義
投擲遊戲; 擲幣博賭
pitch-and-toss 的詞源
pitch-and-toss(n.)
1810年,來自 pitch (v.1) + toss (v.)。
A game in which the players pitch coins at a mark, that one whose coin lies nearest to the mark having the privilege of tossing up all the coins together and retaining all the coins that come down " head " up. The next nearest player tosses those that are left, and retains all that come down "head" up, and so on until the coins are all gone. [Century Dictionary]
一種遊戲,玩家將硬幣投向標誌,距離標誌最近的玩家有特權一起拋出所有硬幣,並保留所有「正面」朝上的硬幣。距離次近的玩家拋出剩下的硬幣,並保留所有「正面」朝上的硬幣,依此類推,直到所有硬幣都被拋完。[世紀詞典]
pitch-and-toss 的趨勢
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