Hopscotch is the children's game where you draw a row of squares on the ground — chalk on the pavement is the classic picture — throw a little stone into a square, and hop from square to square on one foot to fetch it. Children play it; adults mostly remember it.

HopscotchHopscotch（跳房子） is the children's game where you draw a row of squares on the ground是一種小孩玩的遊戲，在地上畫一排格子 — chalk on the pavement is the classic picture —（用粉筆畫在人行道上是最經典的畫面） — throw a little stone into a square把一顆小石頭丟進某一格，and hop from square to square on one foot to fetch it然後單腳跳過一格一格去把它撿回來。Children play it小孩會玩這個遊戲；adults mostly remember it大人大多只是還記得它。

The squares are the scotch: an old word for a scratch or a scored line, not anything to do with Scotland. You hop, and you follow the scratches.

The squares are the scotch那些格子就是scotch：an old word for a scratch or a scored line一個表示刮痕或畫線的舊字，not anything to do with Scotland跟蘇格蘭一點關係都沒有。You hop你用跳的，and you follow the scratches沿著那些刻痕走。

People also stretch it as a verb, usually in newspapers: to hopscotch through a city is to jump from place to place with no long stay. That stretch is informal.

People also stretch it as a verb大家也會把它拉伸來當動詞用，usually in newspapers通常是在報紙上：to hopscotch through a cityto hopscotch through a city（在一座城市裡跳來跳去） is to jump from place to place with no long stay意思是到處跑、每個地方都待不久。That stretch這種延伸用法 is informal是口語、非正式的。

The playground game is the home meaning.

The playground game操場上玩的那個遊戲 is the home meaning才是這個字最原本的意思。