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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 game /ˈgem/
 遊戲,野味(vi.)賭博(a.)勇敢的,比賽,玩耍,比分,得勝,比賽規則,策略

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 game
 競賽; 博弈; 對策

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 game
 競賽理論

From: Network Terminology

 game
 競賽

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Game a.  Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Game, n.
 1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
    We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.   --Shak.
 2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
 But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,
 Kings would not play at.   --Cowper.
 Note:Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games.
 3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
    Talk the game o'er between the deal.   --Lloyd.
 4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
 5. Card Playing In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
 6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
    Your murderous game is nearly up.   --Blackw. Mag.
    It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.   --Saintsbury.
 7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
    Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game.   --Blackstone.
 Confidence game. See under Confidence.
 To make game of, to make sport of; to mock.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Game, a.
 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
    I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death.   --W. Irving.
 2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
 Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
 Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.
 Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.
 Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport.
 Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
 To be game. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
 To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Game v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed p. pr. & vb. n. Gaming.]
 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
 God loved he best with all his whole hearte
 At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.   --Chaucer.
 2. To play at any sport or diversion.
 3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 game
      adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
             leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame]
      2: willing to face danger [syn: gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome,
          spirited, spunky]
      n 1: a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours"
      2: a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four
         people to play this game"
      3: an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he
         thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty
         time"; "his life was all fun and games"
      4: animal hunted for food or sport
      5: the game equipment needed to play a game; "the child
         received several games for his birthday"
      6: your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing
         game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: biz]
      7: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed
         to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
      8: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
      9: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
         underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit
         the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the
         start" [syn: plot, secret plan]
      10: frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing
          lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
      v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting
          on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake,
           punt]