whack-a-mole
Chinese meaning
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Example
Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips
Discovered Materials
Source: TechCrunch · 10 Aug 2026
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
源自 1970 年代打地鼠街机游戏:日本『モグラ退治』(1975)与美版 Whac-A-Mole(1976)
- whack(击打)+ a + mole(鼹鼠)
Collocations
- play whack-a-mole / a game of whack-a-mole / whack-a-mole approach
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