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词汇 ninepins
释义 ninepins
noun[ plural ]
UKuk /ˈnaɪn.pɪnz/ us /ˈnaɪn.pɪnz/
 go down/fall like ninepins
to fall, break, or be damaged in large numbers: 大批倒下;大量受损
Trees were going down like ninepins in the strong wind.树木在狂风中横七竖八倒了一地。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Examples of ninepins


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It is terribly easy to set up ninepins and knock them down.
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I am in favour of meeting legitimate fears but not of knocking down ninepins.
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One would get the impression that we were in the habit of knocking down judges as if they were ninepins.
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A large part of that speech was devoted to putting up ninepins and knocking them down.
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In the last war prices rose enormously, and when the slump came firms went down like ninepins.
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He is putting up ninepins in order to knock them down again.
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That group is like a row of ninepins.
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He seems to have been setting up a lot of ninepins and knocking them down to his own satisfaction.
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We must not set up ninepins that do not exist, and knock them down with magnificent rhetoric.
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But in 30 years from now, with the present strict hygiene rules, those households would probably go down like ninepins.
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I will not make a debating reply, responding to each point as though they had to be knocked down like ninepins in the customary fashion.
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As soon as the doors of one company were closed, the rest went down like ninepins.
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If he wants ninepins to knock down, let us have them.
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Thank goodness, it is not true to say that they are going down like ninepins.
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It is great fun knocking down one's own ninepins.
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