ninepins

1. PHRASE 大量地，大批地(倒下)
   If you say that people or things are going down like ninepins, you mean that large numbers of them are suddenly becoming ill, collapsing, or doing very badly.
   1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.
      利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。

1. There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.
   利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。
2. When they got to a big cave, Rip saw some people playing ninepins.
   当他们走到一个大山洞时，李伯看到一些人在玩保龄球。
3. A wooden pin used in the game of ninepins. a bowling pin of the type used in ninepins ( or ( in England) skittles).
   用在撞柱游戏（或（在英国）九柱戏）的小柱。
4. All his rivals went down before him like ninepins.
   所有对手都被他打得落花流水。
5. A wooden pin used in the game of ninepins.
   九柱戏中用的一根木柱。
6. He still got a good head on his shoulders, which means they don't play ninepins much on board.
   他对头还在肩膀上好好地长着，说明海盗们在船上很少玩九柱戏。
7. They say that the little, strange men are playing ninepins.
   他们都会说那些奇怪的矮人在玩保龄球了。
8. Near one end of the lawn were twelve old-fashioned Knights playing at ninepins.
   靠近草坪的一端，有十二个古代装束的武士在玩九柱戏。

n.

go down, drop, etc. like ninepins

• 大量倒下；大批病倒
  to fall down or become ill/sick in great numbers

noun

1. a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

   Synonym:    skittles