mah-jongg

mah-jongg

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  • n.〈外〉麻將牌
  • 網絡麻將館；麻將類；文章

英漢解釋

n.
1.
〈外〉麻將牌,麻雀牌
na.
1.
“mah-jong”的變體

英英解釋

n.
na.

例句

She calls mah-jongg a superficial, frivolous game, and was a bit taken aback to hear her own 29-year-old daughter, Amy, had taken it up.

她稱麻將是一種膚淺的、無聊的游戲，聽到自己29歲的女兒阿波拉菲爾（AmyAbolafia）開始學打麻將的時候有點吃驚。

' We joke that by the time we are old enough to go on mah-jongg cruises , we 'll clean up because we started young, ' she said .

她說，那個時候我們開玩笑說，等我們老到在游船上打麻將的時候，我們就發財了，因為我們從很年輕的時候就開始了。

She also said he had affairs with a number of women and demanded a total of 500, 000 yuan from Mr. Lan to finance mah-jongg games and trips.

她還說，袁善臘跟多名女子有染，并從蘭世立那里索要共計50萬元的款項用于打麻將和旅游。

But unlike her mother, she can't get enough of mah-jongg.

但和媽媽不同，她對麻將情有獨鍾。

Today, some are exclusively devoted to mah-jongg, a tile game that is one of the most popular forms of recreation among the Chinese.

現在，這些麻將館中，有些只經營麻將，一種在華人之間最受歡迎的的娛樂活動。

Some in her group said that colleagues do a double-take when they hear about their love for mah-jongg.

其中有些牌友說同事們聽說她們喜歡麻將時，一時還反應不過來，而后非常吃驚。

Finally, I returned to the hotel, where I discovered my floormates click-clacking away at mah-jongg.

最后我回到酒店，發現那層的樓友霹靂啪啦地打麻將。

The cave is popular among locals, however; they gather each morning to talk and play mah-jongg.

不過，百魔洞在當地居民當中很受歡迎；他們每天清晨都會聚在這里聊天，打麻將。

Ultimately, the diagnosis the doctors came up with was "mah-jongg-related deep-vein thrombosis. "

最終，醫生得出的診斷結論是“與玩麻將關聯的深靜脈血栓。”

Clad in black and speaking Chinese, the three men entered a mah-jongg parlor hidden in a building on Hester Street in Chinatown.

三名講漢語的黑衣男子走進一家麻將館。這家麻將館隱匿于中國城Hester街的一幢建筑里。

Although Cantonese tea houses are very noisy, nobody plays cards or mah-jongg.

盡管廣東茶館很熱鬧，沒有人打牌或打麻將。

Mah-jongg players at a Chinatown community organization.

一個唐人街社區組織里的麻將玩家。

The omen of this year is good, and the lucky comes back on the mah-jongg table.

今年的兆頭確實不錯，連牌桌上也轉運了。

But there are those in the generation that 'skipped' mah-jongg who cast a cold eye on the new fashion-especially when it hits home.

但在“跳過”麻將的一代人中有那么些人對這種新潮流冷眼相對，尤其是直接接觸到麻將的時候。

The gambling, they said, was friendly, low-stakes games of mah-jongg and cards.

他們說，所謂賭博，只是一些氣氛友好、小筆賭注的麻將和紙牌游戲罷了。

The company doesn't sell mah-jongg sets.

該公司不銷售麻將牌。

Mrs. Singer, 83, is also thrilled: Most of the women in her mah-jongg group are in their 80s and 90s.

83歲的辛格也很激動：她的牌友們大多都八九十歲了。

Enthusiasm for mah-jongg has waxed and waned over the past century.

過去一百年來，人們對麻將的熱情時強時弱。

Not all mah-jongg games involve gambling; acquaintances often gather to play for fun, with no wagering.

并不是所有麻將牌局都涉及賭博；熟人經常聚在一起打麻將玩，不下注。

The robberies have chilled the mah-jongg network.

搶劫案已經使麻將賭博網絡膽戰心驚。

Mah-jongg's not just for grandma anymore.

麻將不再僅僅是奶奶輩女人的專屬。

But as more and more women joined the work force in the 1970s, many no longer had time to play mah-jongg for hours at a stretch.

但隨著70年代越來越多的女性開始工作，很多人不再有大把連續的時間打麻將。

Mah-jongg is becoming as hip as martinis in New York, but in Hong Kong, this Chinese game is far from 'cool. '

麻將在紐約的流行程度可與馬提尼酒相提并論，但在香港，這個中國游戲還遠遠稱不上“酷”。

"I like to play mah-jongg on the computer, but you have to wait when school is out, " he said.

“我喜歡在計算機上打麻將，但比必須等到學校放假。”他說到。

One reason why Hong Kong's younger generation isn't playing mah-jongg is the huge investment of time it requires.

香港年輕一代之所以不打麻將，其中一個原因是打麻將需要耗費大量時間。

The Jiun Bao Mahjong Club is a typical mah-jongg parlor in Hong Kong. It is open 24 hours.

香港君俊商務酒店旗下的君寶麻將俱樂部在香港屬于普通麻將館，24小時開放。