| 词汇 | musical-chairs |
| 释义 | musical chairs noun[ plural ] uk /ˌmjuː.zɪ.kəl ˈtʃeəz/ us /ˌmjuː.zɪ.kəl ˈtʃerz/ a game in which children walk around a group of chairs while music plays. When the music stops they have to sit quickly on a chair, but because there is always one less chair than the number of children, the child that is left standing must leave the game: 抢椅子游戏 figurativeIt's a game of musical chairs (= a situation in which people change jobs often) as editors move from one newspaper to another.由于编辑不断从一家报社跳槽到另一家，人员变动像走马灯一样。 Sappington Todd/GettyImages Children's games blind man's buff card game cold conker deck of cards dingbat double Dutch dress-up box dressing-up box hide-and-seek hopscotch jack keep (someone/something) away magnet fishing pack of cards painting painting by numbersidiom piggyback ringtoss warm Examples of musical chairsmusical chairs Another exercise, 'musicalchairs', was based on the children's game of the same name. In this game of musicalchairs, when should we expect a candidate to retire? Competition at equilibrium looks like nothing so much as a game of musicalchairs: there are four seats with five candidates frantically competing for one of the seats. This is like a game of musicalchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We oppose any suggestions that musicalchairs should be banned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every time they play musicalchairs, the new spokesperson drops the old policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate has been calm without any of the heat or games of musicalchairs that occurred yesterday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the chance that the institution of parking meters will lead to a sort of musicalchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just as in a game of musicalchairs, it is impossible for everyone to win. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They broke it very effectively, and the result was that prices tumbled and a sort of musicalchairs took place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can envisage employers playing musicalchairs with some employees to get them out of the door. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Trying to get into the airport would be like playing "musicalchairs". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that sort of musicalchairs is to go on, the new organisation cannot possibly succeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The musicalchairs stopped in that direction at one stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, this is an adult game of musicalchairs, so the number of chairs does not actually reduce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of musical chairs These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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