English Dictionary

puss in the corner

名詞

不可算名詞

A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.

日本語の意味

子供たちが遊ぶゲームの一種です。中央にいるプレイヤーが、交代で保持している他のプレイヤーの『陣地』を捕らえようとする遊びです。

At recess, the children shouted puss in the corner and scrambled for their spots while the player in the middle tried to capture someone else's base.

休み時間、子どもたちは「コーナー鬼ごっこ」と叫んで自分の場所を取りに走り、中央にいる子が他の子の陣地を奪おうとした。

意味（1）

A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.

It sounded, as this young lady thought it over, very much like puss-in-the-corner, and she could only wonder if the distribution of parties would lead to a rushing to and fro and a changing of places.

意味（2）

A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.