Musical chairs
n. 抢座位游戏
📖 牛津释义
musical chairs
1 game in which players go round a row of chairs (one fewer than the number of players) until the music stops, when the one who finds no chair to sit on has to leave the game 抢椅子游戏（参加者随乐声绕椅子行走, 椅数比人数少一, 音乐停时抢椅而坐, 无座者淘汰）.
2 (fig often derog 比喻, 常作贬义) situation in which people frequently take turns to have sth, esp a job 靠轮流才获得某事物的情形（尤指获得工作）
He had come out on top in the game of musical chairs by which senior posts seemed to be filled. 已经轮到他获得高级职位了, 这种职位似乎是要轮候的.
🧩 词语组成解析
musical
['mjuzɪkl]
adj. 音乐的，用于音乐的;喜爱[精通]音乐的;音调优美的;悦耳的;
n. （社交性的）音乐会;[影视]歌舞片;音乐（喜）剧 = musical comedy;
mus 娱乐，音乐 + ical ...的 → a.音乐的；和谐的
n. 安乐椅；餐椅；椅子（chair的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
By plane?
坐飞机来？
She's a housewife.
她是家庭主妇。
He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new'Antoinette'.
同一天，他驾驶一架新的“安特瓦特”号飞机来到了加来附近。