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    Jenga is a game with a tower of 54 small wooden blocks, stacked in layers of three. On your turn you pull one block out from somewhere in the tower and put it back on the top.

    JengaJenga is a game with a tower of 54 small wooden blocks是一種用54塊小木塊疊成塔的遊戲, stacked in layers of three每三塊疊成一層。 On your turn輪到你的時候, you pull one block out from somewhere in the tower你要從塔的某個地方抽出一塊, and put it back on the top再把它放到塔頂上。

    The tower gets taller and more shaky. The player who makes it fall loses; the last person who took a block out without bringing it down wins.

    The tower這座塔 gets taller and more shaky會越疊越高、越來越搖晃。 The player who makes it fall loses讓塔倒下的人就輸了; the last person who took a block out without bringing it down wins最後一個順利抽出木塊而沒讓塔倒的人就贏了。

    It is a brand name, so it is written with a capital J, but people use it for any game of that kind. Though actually the name is not an English word at all: it was taken from Swahili -jenga, meaning to build.

    It它 is a brand name是一個品牌名稱, so it is written with a capital J所以要大寫J開頭, but people use it for any game of that kind不過大家會拿它泛稱這一類的遊戲。 Though actually不過實際上 the name這個名字 is not an English word at all根本不是英文字: it was taken from Swahili -jenga是從史瓦希里語的-jenga借來的, meaning to build意思是「建造」。

    In a living room it is noisy, funny, and a little tense. Adults play it too, often after dinner — it is not only a children's toy.

    In a living room在客廳裡玩, it is noisy, funny, and a little tense這遊戲很吵、很好笑,還有點緊張。 Adults大人 play it too也會玩, often after dinner常常是飯後 — it is not only a children's toy不只是小孩的玩具。

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組成Borrowed from Swahili -jenga, 'to build' or 'to construct'. It is a brand name, written with a capital J.

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Jenganame/ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/

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    gamesA game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.

    • With a soft-pronged gripper, external camera and force-sensing wrist cuff, the robot can both see and feel individual blocks in a Jenga tower, according to an MIT statement.
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    Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。