snooker
n[U]
game played with 15 red balls and 7 balls of other colours on a billiard-table 落袋臺球(使用 15 個紅色球和 7 個其他顏色球的游戲)
[attrib 作定語]
a snooker match 落袋臺球比賽. => illus 見插圖. Cf 參看 pool2 4. snooker, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
1 leave (an opponent) in a difficult position when playing snooker (玩落袋臺球游戲時)使(對手)處於困境.
2 (infml fig 口, 比喻) place (sb) in a difficult position; trick or defeat (sb) 使(某人)處於困境; 欺騙或擊敗(某人)
You can't win; you've been completely snookered! 你怎麼做都沒用, 你已經完全落入圈套了!