game played with nine pins, 1630s, plural of skittle, the word for the pins used in the game, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian skyttel "shuttle, child's toy"). But OED says there is no evidence of a connection.
双语例句
1. Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不完全是吃喝玩乐.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Skittles and M && Ms are never as large and colorful as they look in ads.
Skittles糖果和M&&Ms彩虹 糖永远不会有广告片里看上去那么大,也没有那么色彩鲜艳.
来自互联网
3. Marriage isn't all beer and skittles , ie isn't always free of trouble.
婚姻生活并不尽是吃喝玩乐(有时也免不了有些烦恼).
来自辞典例句
4. Spring Festival is a child of heaven: beer and skittles heartily laugh.
