Russian roulette

短语

俄式轮盘

发音

AU

别名

rush and roulette

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges.

    俄罗斯轮盘

    习语 不可数 游戏
  2. 2.

    Any activity, especially a needless one, that carries a high risk of death or disaster.

    比喻 不可数

词源

From roulette, a game of chance involving a revolving wheel. The first description is apparently in "The Fatalist," an 1840 short story by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov.

来源：wiktionary