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.
实用例句
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.
