/'skɪtl; `skɪtl/
n
1 [C] bottle-shaped wooden pin used in the game of skittles （撞柱戏用的瓶状的）木柱.
2 skittles [sing v] game in which players try to knock over as many skittles as possible by rolling a ball at them 撞柱戏（以球撞击瓶状木柱的游戏）. Cf 参看 ninepin, tenpin bowling.
3 (idm 习语) beer and skittles => beer.

v (phr v) skittle sb out (in cricket) end the turn of (a number of batsmen) quickly （板球中）迅速使（数名击球员）出局, 从而结束对方击球机会
*The whole side was skittled out for
10 runs. 这个队在跑动得10分时, 全队失去击球机会.

n
skittles[U]
a British game in which a player tries to knock down objects shaped like bottles by rolling a ball at them
[C]
one of the objects you roll the ball at in the game of skittles