| 词汇 | billiards |
| 词源 | billiards. Billiards takes its name from the French word for the cue stick used in the game, a billard. The name of the game is first recorded in 1591 and Shakespeare mentions it in Antony and Cleopatra (1606): “Let it alone, let’s to billiards.” |
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