谁能介绍点关于斯诺克的一些基本英语单词？

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主球（Cue ball） 是母球,白色。比赛中唯一可以用球杆直接击打的球，并利用该球撞击其它球入袋而得分。 目标球（Object ball） 除主球外剩下的都是目标球，包括红色球和彩色球。目标球不可直接用球杆击打，必须用母球击打。 彩色球（Colour） 目标球红色球(1分)，共6个即**球(2分)、绿色球(3分)、棕色球(4分)、蓝色球(5分)、粉色球(6分)、黑色球(7分)。 活球（Ball on） 可以用主球合法撞击入袋的球。 入袋（Pot） 将球击入球袋。 ·摔袋（Crossbar） 主球进入袋中，也称为横竿 局（Frame） 从开球开始，直至击落所有的球或打满规定的分数，或打到规定的时限称为一局。 场（Game） 约定或规定好的若干局为一场球，正式比赛一场球通常是五局三胜或七局四胜，或九局五胜。 比赛（Match） 约定或规定好的若干场球为一次比赛。 一杆球（Break） 击球一方从击球得分开始，直至击球因未中或犯规而停止击球，这样连续击球得分为一杆球。 单杆过百（Century）亨德利以单杆147最高分打败奥沙利文一杆球连续得分等于或超过100分。在正式比赛中单杆过百会被官方记录。 满杆（Maximum） 在对手不犯规的情况下，一杆球的最高分是满分147分。 斯诺克（Snooker） 一击后，由于死球的阻碍使得对手不能够击打主球使其同时直线完全通过任意球的两边，即称为斯诺克。对手被称为被做斯诺克（snookered）。当即使获得台面上的最高分数仍落后对手的时候，就需要通过做斯诺克来迫使对方失误犯规罚分。 清杆（也称“清台”）（Clearance） 一杆将台面上剩下的球全部入袋。 任意球（Free ball） 在犯规后出现斯诺克时，击球方指定为活球的目标球。 空杆（Miss） 击球选手未首先击打活球并被裁判认定没有尽全力击球。这时对手可以要求将球放回击球前的状态重打。 开球区（Baulk area） 开球线及其半圆围成的区域。 双着(Cannon) 主球在一击球期间与两个目标球接触。 （Kick） 主球和目标球轻微地贴在一起，通常是由于这球上有脏物，或是由静电导致的。 吻球（Kiss） 两个球轻微的接触。 （Pack） 红色球在其初始位置或者在一局比赛的后期剩下的红色球仍大致在其初始位置的情形。 组合球（Plant） 主球在击中一个球后，那球又使得其它球入袋。只有当这两个球都是红球或者一开始主球击中的是一个任意球且入袋的那个球在任意球指定之前的正常情况下是个活球的时候，组合球才不算犯规。 推杆（Push shot） 主球撞击目标球时球杆皮头仍与主球接触，是犯规的一种。但如果主球与目标球几乎相贴或是主球很轻微的接触到目标球边缘，则不判作推杆。 贴球（Touching ball） 主球与其它球相接触的情形称为贴球。击球选手必须将主球打开而不能使与其相贴的球移动，否则就造成推杆。击球选手已声明将其作为活球击打则除外。 重置黑球（Respotted black） 一局比赛中，当所有的目标球入袋后双方分数相等时，需要将黑球重新放回台面。这时候，只要将此黑球入袋或是一方犯规均可判定这一局的胜负。 香蕉球（Swerve） 击球让主球强烈旋转使其在前进过程中突然转向绕过障碍球。通常用来解救高难度的斯诺克。 扎杆（Masse） 击球时，将球杆几乎与台面垂直地击打主球，沉着应对使主球产生强烈的旋转。 低杆（Back spin） 通过击打主球球心偏下的位置使主球与目标去碰撞后往后旋退回。又称“缩杆”，“回旋球”。 高杆（Top spin） 击球时球杆击打主球中心偏上位置，使得主球在与目标球碰撞后继续加速前进。 另外，还有中高杆等说法。 跟球（Roll through） 使用高杆击打主球，使得主球与目标球碰撞后，目标球向前运动而主球也随后跟进。 防守（Safety） 击球的目的不是为了将球送入袋口而是让对手在下一杆的时候没有进球的机会。 超分 斯诺克中，是先打一颗红球再打一颗色球，那么理论上一颗红球的最高分就是8分（即打入红球1分，打入黑球7分）。因此球台上剩下多少颗红球理论最高分数就是红球数X8，加上所有色球27分，如果这个分数低于你跟对手之间的分差，那么你就被对手超分。 活球规则 打一枚红球，打一枚彩球，红球打完后，依次将彩球从低分开始击打，打至清台。 犯规 犯规时，对方可把母球放在开球区。

　　世界流行的台球种类主要分为英式台球、美式台球、法式台球和开伦式台球，顾名思义这是按照台球起源划分的。

　　英式台球又包括英式比例台球和斯诺克台球两大类。主要流行于英国和欧洲大陆。英式比例台球又称为三球落袋式台球，属基础类型的台球，是世界上正式台球比赛项目之一。英式比例台球出现较早，要求具有较全面的技术打法，目前，世界许多著名斯诺克台球运动员，比例式台球的基本功都相当扎实。而英式台球的另一个种类斯诺克台球更是为世界流行的主流台球项目之一。

　　英文“斯诺克”的含义为障碍之意，是从英文“snooker”音译而得名。斯诺克台球不仅自己可以击球入袋得分，也可以有意识地打出让对方无法施展技术的障碍球，从而使对方受阻挨罚。因此，斯诺克台球竞争激烈，趣味无穷，也是世界台球大赛的项目。

　　关于斯诺克的起源，一个比较可信的说法是�在19世纪晚期，台球运动风行于驻扎在印度的英国军队中，当时流行的玩法是黑球入袋（BlackPool）。这种玩法用1个白球，15个红球和1个黑球。1875年的一天，驻扎在印度的英国陆军上校内维尔·张伯伦和他的战友们觉得这种玩法过于简单、乏味，便决定增加**、绿色和粉色3个彩球上去。不久，又嫌不够，再加上了棕色和蓝色球。这种新玩法很快流行开来，从而导致了斯诺克台球的诞生。

每一局 frame

每一场 match

每一阶段 game

开场时说

frame one 或者 the first frame

每局结束有 end frame

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一击后，由于死球的阻碍使得对手不能够击打主球使其同时直线完全通过任意球的两边，即称为斯诺克。对手被称为被做斯诺克（snookered）。当即使获得台面上的最高分数仍落后对手的时候，就需要通过做斯诺克来迫使对方失误犯规罚分。

斯诺克台球，是英文Snook的音译。Snook的意思是“阻碍、障碍”，所以斯诺克台球有时也被称为障碍台球。

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　　大约在14世纪，据说由伦敦一家名叫Billsyard的当铺老板为娱乐消遣而发明的，台球的英文名称即源于此。至18世纪末，台球作为一种游戏在英国民间很是盛行。19世纪初，世界上第一个公共台球室在伦敦开设。最早的台球，桌面上只有两个白球，之后法国觉得缺少挑战性，就增添了一个红球并改进打法。再往后英国人又将其发展成为在今天十分流行的落袋台球。

　　现在的台球已发展成多种多样：有俄式落袋台球、英式落袋台球、开仑台球、美式落袋台球和斯诺克台球，其中斯诺克最为普遍，而且被官方认可，已成为一项比赛项目。

　　台球于100年前传入我国，现在各大娱乐场所似乎都少不了它。

　　21世纪初，中国人将当时较为主流的美式台球、英式台球及花式九球各自的优势特点融合为一体，并以以和为贵的中国文化为主旨又赋予了更多的娱乐与智慧元素，将台球的尺寸、进球开口（十个）、台球的数量、规格、构造及规则等进行改进；由于其结合了世界各国的文化，很怏就迅速发展成为今天风靡流行的中式斯诺克台球。

　　Around the 14th century, it was said that billiards, as a kind of amusement, was invented by a boss of a pawnshop named Billsyard, which was also the origin of its English name And when it came into the late 1700s, billiards was very prevailing in English folk And at the beginning of 19th century, the first public billiard parlor opened in London There were only two white balls, however, a red ball was added in later because the France considered it lack of challenging and also advanced the playing rule It was the Englishman who developed it in to ocket which is very popular today

　　Nowadays, the billiard has developed in to varied kinds: Russia ocket, English ocket, carom billiard, American ocket and snooker, among which, snooker is the most popular with official authority and has become an event

　　Billiards came into our country 100 years ago, it almost can be founded in all the coliseums now

　　At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese mix the advantages and characteristics of American, English billiards as well as Nine-ball which were in the main stream of that time together, give more entertainment and intelligence to it with diboaviquy as the purport: they change the size, number, specification, structure and formulae; as it combines cultures of the world, it soon develops into the most popular Chinese Snooker

　　台球桌

　　台球桌1、桌面大小

　　美台459英尺或510英尺，英台通常是612英尺。

　　2、袋口形状

　　美台袋口大，袋口为直线；英台袋口相对小，袋口为孤线型。

　　3、台尼型号

　　美台通常称为台布，比较薄、毛少；英台台尼厚、毛多。

　　4、库边

　　俯身下看，美台库边是一个棱；英台是一个有一定厚度的平面。

　　5、球

　　美台使用的球相对较大，通常有16颗；英台的球相比较小，通常有22颗球。

　　6、球具

　　美台通常使用九球杆来使用；英台通常使用斯诺克球杆使用。

　　7、颜色

　　斯诺克球台一般为绿色，九球桌面颜色有几种。

　　尺寸

　　1、斯诺克 38202035850mm

　　2、美式落袋 28101530850mm

　　3、花式九球 28501580850mm

　　斯诺克（Snooker）意思是“阻碍、障碍”，所以斯诺克台球有时也被称为障碍台球。此项运动使用的球桌长约3569毫米、宽1778毫米，台面四角以及两长边中心位置各有一个球洞，使用的球分为1个白球，15个红球和6个彩球（黄、绿、棕、蓝、粉红、黑）共22个球。击球顺序为一个红球、一个彩球直到红球全部落袋，然后以黄、绿、棕、蓝、粉红、黑的顺序逐个击球，最后以得分高者为胜。斯诺克盛行于英国、爱尔兰、加拿大、澳大利亚和印度等英联邦国家以及香港。

　　台球分落袋台球和无袋台球，落袋台球包括斯诺克和九球，还有我们中国北方特别流行的十六彩，无袋台球包括开伦台球，在中国比较少，在韩国和日本比较多。斯诺克起源于英国在印度的军队，本意是障碍的意思。斯诺克台球英文是snooker,九球和十六彩的英文是pool,开伦台球的英文是billiards,或者carom。球杆是cue,边库是cushion,杆头是tip,球杆前肢是shaft，袋口是pocket,枪粉是chalk。

Origin of biliards

台球的起源

Billiards sports have already had a history of nearly 600 years Criticize of a text then according to writer , Hundley of billiards historian gram, world 1st appearance, billiards of desk in AD 1400, the ball desk at that time had no bag , there are only arched doors or the post door People in the center turn on one round hole in desk later on, turn on four holes in 4 of desk, the increase of the hole excited playing with the ball interest of people at the same time , until opening six round holes in the desk, is it fall bags of type embryonic form , billiards of table today to develop into just台球运动已有近600年的历史了。

据作家、台球史学家亨德利克斯考证，世界第1张台球桌的出现是在公元1400年，当时的球桌无袋，只有拱门或柱门。后来人们在桌子中心开了一个圆洞，继而又在桌子四角开了四个洞，洞的增加同时也激发了人们的玩球兴趣，直到在桌子开了六个圆洞，才演变成了今天落袋式台球球台的雏形。

The following are several kinds of statements about the origin of the billiards 关于台球的起源有如下几种说法

(a)Originated from France USA humanity modest to say law Wang Charlie period of seven generations among work of him 1904, have billiards sports already The name of the billiards came from French, France already presented " billiards " in the 15th century, word " BILLE " in Russian ( The billiards) come from French

(a)起源于法国。1904年美国人道逊在他的著作中说，法王查理七世时期，已经有台球运动了。台球的名称来自法语，早在15世纪法国已出现了“台球”一词，俄语中的单词"BILLE"(台球)就是来自于法语

(b)Originated from China Department , poet of British , describe history about billiards among books written in 1674 Mention in the book when the billiards are fought east by the Crusades , from a kind of old game taken to Europe in the east, and then improved by Italy and Spain

(b)起源于中国．英国诗人科顿1674年所著之书中,描写了有关台球的历史书中谈到台球是十字军东征时，从东方带到欧洲的一种古老的游戏，后经意大利和西班牙改进而成。

(c)Originated from Britain Englishmen like this sport very much, in December of 1836, the first billiard ball desk is set up in London, the first billiard ball hall runs in London afterwards, the first billiards association is established spontaneously in Britain too

(c)起源于英国。英国人很喜欢这一运动，1836年12月，第一张台球桌在伦敦设置，第一家台球馆随后在伦敦开办，第一个台球协会也是在英国自发成立。

Rise of snooker biliards

Snooker of billiards can trace back to AD 1875, by based in India one Neville, officer of Britain, Bao Si Zhang Bolun (Neville Bowes Chamberlain ), and gangs of companions of him invent at first

斯诺克台球的兴起可以追溯到公元1875年，是由驻扎在印度的一位英国军官内维尔鲍斯张伯伦（Neville Bowes Chamberlain）和他的一帮战友们首先发 明的。

Before the snooker ball is produced , billiard ball game has existed for a long time, and there are many kinds of playing methods Among them , have one name playing method on " black ball enter bag ", in Neville Bao Si Very popular in the army which Zhang Bolun belongs to This kind of playing method uses a white ball, 15 red balls and a black ball Have one day, Neville Bao Si Zhang Bolun and his companions think the playing method that " the black ball is entered bag " is too simple , dull, determine to increase the yellow, green, pink three colorful balls go up Soon , it is not enough to make again , combine with the brown chromosphere and blue chromosphere In this way, form the snooker billiards of 22 balls that have already prevailed in the whole world so far

在斯诺克球产生之前，台球游戏早就存在，而且有多 种玩法。其中，有一种叫做“黑球入袋”（Black Pool）的玩法，在内维尔鲍斯张伯伦所在的军队中非常流行。这种玩法用1个白球，15个红球和1个黑球。有一天，内维尔鲍斯张伯伦和他的战友们觉得“黑球入袋”的玩法太简单、乏味，便决定增加**、绿色、粉色三个彩球上去。不久，又赚不够，再加上了棕色球和蓝色球。这样，便形成了至今已风行全球的22个球的斯诺克台球。

It is said, the name of the snooker billiards, with Neville too Bao Si Zhang Bolun has something to do One day, Neville Bao Si Between Zhang Bolun and one partner at by 22 billiards of ball, they of new invention this kind of playing, a very easy goal, the other side has not hit It is the snooker that he banters the other side smoothly (snooker is that the prevalence to the new students of grade one was called the law in the local military courtyard at that time ) He ask smoothly so, remind everybody , make everybody realize, as to such new billiards playing method, everybody new hand, snooker Then, the call of the snooker begins to be popular and fixing

据说，斯诺克台球的命名也与内维尔鲍斯张伯伦有关。有一次，内维尔鲍斯张伯伦同一个伙伴在打这种由他们新发明的22个球的台球时，一个很容易的进球，对方没有打中。他便顺口戏谑对方是斯诺克（斯诺克是那时当地军事院里对一年级新生的流行称法）。他这么顺口一叫，提醒了大家，使大家意识到，对于这种新的台球玩法，大家都是新手，都是斯诺克。于是，斯诺克的叫法便开始流行并固定下来。

Snow ball billiards pass back into homeland of billiards soon ----Britain However, were occupying the leading status in the Britain traditional BILLIARDS billiards at that time and considered to be the orthodox and scientific playing method The snooker billiards can only be a kind of folk amusement ways for the moment, it is difficult to mount the hall of the elegance Under the unremitting efforts of snooker fans , in 1916 , held the England amateurish snooker championship for the first time However, until the snooker headliner Joe appeared in the twenties Davies (Joe Davis ), snooker billiards do not begin in prevailing Britain really

斯诺球台球很快便被传回了台球的故乡----英国。但是，当时在英国传统的BILLIARDS台球占据着主导地位，被认为是正统的和科学的玩法。斯诺克台球一时只能是民间的一种娱乐方式，难于登上大雅之堂。 在斯诺克爱好者们坚持不懈的努力下，于1916年，首次举办了英格兰业余斯诺克锦标赛。然而，一直到20年代出现了斯诺克大明星乔戴维斯(Joe Davis),斯诺克台球才真正开始在英国流行。

Joe Davies is that the first realizes the snooker player who controls the importance of returning one of white ball He is it control to return location white ball to utilize, create continuous goal chance , break single pole pole receive the highest rating the record while being numerous Before this, make the general concept of the snooker, it is the ball that can obviously be entered that is thrown into bag , then play a safe ball , wait for the goal chance of next time So single pole at that time score 20 degrees or 30 degrees , think to be pretty good However, Joe But Davies has improved this horizontal standard by one step greatly

乔戴维斯是第一位认识到控制白球回位的重要性的斯诺克选手他利用控制白球的回位，创造连续进球机会，多次刷新单杆杆得分最高记录。在此之前，打斯诺克的一般概念，是将明显可以进的球打进袋，然后打一个安全球，等待下次进球机会。所以，当时单杆进球20度或者30度，已被认为相当不错。然而，乔戴维斯却将这个水平标准给大大地提高了一步。

Joe Davies\' consummate skill has attracted large quantities of audiences 1926, yes Joe Under the efforts of Davies and his friends, billiards association and management club (BA&CC ) agreed and succeeded in holding the first snooker billiards world professional championship in history in London at last, have established the position of the billiards circle of the snooker Through the struggle of six months, totally in everybody\'s expectation too, Joe Davies has captured the champion of first world professional championship with the absolute predominance In the cheers of a scene of victories, the first dazzling and brilliant snooker star has emerged Joe Davies has been taking champion\'s throne steadily all the time in the world professional championship that is held every year , until retire in 1946 In all formal matches, Joe Davies has not failed And, each finals result, all between champion and runner-up

乔戴维斯的精湛技艺吸引了大批观众。1926年，在乔戴维斯和他的朋友们的努力下，台球协会和管理俱乐部(BA&CC)终于同意并且成功地在伦敦举办了历史上首届斯诺克台球世界职业锦标赛,奠定了斯诺克的台球界的地位。经过六个月的奋战,也完全在大家的预料之中，乔戴维斯以绝对优势夺得了首届世界职业锦标赛的冠军。在一片胜利的欢呼声中，诞生了第一颗耀眼夺目的斯诺克明星。乔戴维斯在以后每年举办的世界职业锦标赛中，一直稳坐冠军宝座，直到1946年退休为止。在所有的正式比赛中，乔戴维斯没有输过一场。而且，每次决赛结果，冠亚军之间都差距悬殊。现在，世界前100名职业选手之间。己不再存在如此明显差距了。乔戴维斯真正可谓是斯诺克历史上的一位奇才。

Until 1969, with the birth of the color TV, the snooker billiards obtained new lives again, and grow vigorously At that time, Britain BBC TV station was developing in order to cater to the sports program that the color TV is being broadcast, and Snow speech grams of billiards with had by it abundant color, obvious to can give play to sports program , color TV of advantage most, get form , BBC of TV station look at , quickly , BBC TV station introduce match special column , snooker of billiards naturally, and broadcast live some snooker matches The billiards star of the snooker has become widely known personages soon Thereupon , a generation of new professional players of snooker have emerged too

直到1969年，随着彩色电视的诞生，斯诺克台球再次获得新生，并且得到蓬勃发展。当时，英国BBC电视台正在开发以迎合彩色电视播放的体育节目，而斯诺言克台球以其所具有的丰富的色彩，显而易见是最能发挥彩色电视优势的体育节目，理所当然得到了BBC电视台的表睐，很快，BBC电视台推出了斯诺克台球的比赛专栏，并且直播一些斯诺克比赛实况。斯诺克台球明星很快就成为了家喻户晓的人物。随之，也诞生了一代新的斯诺克职业手。

Now, the snooker billiards widely launch each corner of the earth ownly Asia and Europe are the area with the fastest developing speed, in 1988-1989, two world ranking had a match and is held in Canada and France respectively for the first time Then, some world ranking is it visit and hold in Hong Kong , Bangkok , Du in succession to have a match The Asian Games in 1988, the billiards will be classified as the gold medal project Today , the snooker billiards become an international sports activity that the people of various countries like ownly

现在，斯诺克台球己广泛地开展了地球的各个角落。亚洲同欧洲是发展最快的地区，1988—1989年，两个世界排名赛首次分别在加拿大和法国举行。接着，一些世界排名赛又相继在香港、曼谷、杜拜举办。1988年的亚运会，台球将被列为金牌项目。今日，斯诺克台球己成为各国人民喜爱的一项国际性体育运动。

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另附资料：

The Colorful History of Billiards

台球的沿革

Anyone who refuses to leave prison simply because they are having too much fun playing billiards would be considered something more than just a diehard fan Yet that is exactly what a Captain Mingaud did during the French Revolution Granted, Mingaud was not only playing billiards, he was busy revolutionizing the game

Though billiards had already been popular for more than 100 years at that time, Mingaud was the first person to round the end of a pool cue with a file and apply a leather tip to it After prison, Mingaud promptly proved his invention's superiority over its flat, club-like predecessor in exhibitions throughout France What the captain had developed was essentially the cue in use today, but the game he generated interest in did not involve shooting balls into pockets

Pocket billiards such as modern-day pool and snooker were around, but they were considered to be the ill-bred cousins of carom billiards, which used a pocketless table The name pool was born during the 1840s when billiards was closely identified with gambling parlors, or "pool parlors" in the lexicon of the day The name stuck, and with more than 40 million people playing in America alone last year, so has the game

Despite its universal popularity and frequent airtime on ESPN with professionally organized tournaments, billiards has rarely enjoyed universal respect

Before hitting America, billiards already had a spotty history thanks to the likes of hustlers such as Englishman Jack Carr Carr, the first person to put chalk on his cue tip, made a fortune peddling his magic "twisting chalk" around France in the 1820s The "magic" was actually in Carr's wrist; he was the first player to apply spin to a billiards ball, and the term "English" is still used to denote this move

In America, billiards had a questionable reputation because of its association with gambling The 20-year rivalry of American pool masters Michael Phelan and Dudley Kavanagh in the late 19th century, however, attracted attention and respect as tournaments became standing-room-only tuxedo affairs Ironically, the two also started a tradition of conflicting associations governing the game, which now makes all titles suspect, and the Olympics an impossible dream

Fortunately, legitimacy and success are not invariably linked When The Hustler, a 1961 movie starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, glamorized the shady underworld of pool sharks, business boomed

Coin-operated pool tables were born just in time to meet the rising demand Initially found only in bars and bowling alleys, the new, smaller tables have taken center stage at packed pool halls from Boston to Beijing

要是有人因为太爱打台球而不肯出狱，那他们绝对不只是球痴而已。而在法国大革命时期，敏高德上尉正是一个顽固的台球迷。他 不仅玩台球，还忙着改革这项运动。

尽管当时，台球已盛行了百余年，而敏高德却是第一个使用锉刀把球杆尾端磨圆，并用皮子包上的人。出狱后，在法 国的多次展览会上，敏高德很快就证明他的新发明比原先那种平头像球棍的球杆好用。上尉发明的球杆沿用至今，然而当时他引发兴趣的游戏，还未发展到将台球击进球袋的阶段。

“球袋台球”(pocket billiards)如花式、英式台球在当时比比皆是，但却被视为是“教养不良的兄弟台球”（carom billiards),它们的球台没有球袋。“弹子”(pool)这个名词 出现在19世纪40年代，当时台球室和赌场是紧密联系在一起的，以当时的辞汇称之即为“弹子房”。这个名称就保留下来，去年，光是美国就有超过四千万人玩台球，这项运动也常盛不衰。

尽管台球已经风靡世界各地，ESPN也时常转播职业球队的公开赛，但却始终未能赢得世人尊重的目光。

在台球风潮袭卷美洲之前，它已经有了一段发展不平衡的历史，这点，活跃分子诸如英格兰人杰克卡尔等功不可没。卡尔是首位将白垩用于磨削球杆尖端的人，19世纪20年代他还因在法国各地兜售他神奇的“白垩”发了财。事实上真正“神奇”的，是卡尔的手腕：他首创旋转球打法，当时称呼此动作的术语（“侧旋”(English)）也沿用迄今。

在美国，台球因和赌博相联系，名声仍受到质疑。19世纪末，当台球公开赛成了盛装庆事，只能买到站票的时候，美国台球双雄迈克费兰和杜德利卡文纳长达20年之久的 霸，吸引了众人的目光，赢得了尊敬。具讽刺意味的是，他们 两人也开创了有冲突的台球协会间争相控制这种运动的传统，它使得所有的名次难以确定，列入奥运正式比赛项目仍只是一场梦。

好在，合法与成功并没有必然联系。1961年由保罗·纽曼和贾奇·葛利森主演的**《江湖浪子》，表现了身处阴暗 下层社会台球高手们的魅力，台球生意兴隆起来。投币式的 台球桌也应运而生。这些新型小球 起初只在酒吧、保龄球馆中能找到；现在，从波士顿到北京，在挤满了人的台球场所 里，它俨然成为了主流。