card1
n.
- 纸牌[C]
- 纸牌游戏[P]
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He came over to chat and play
cards.
他过来聊天、打牌。
- 卡片;名片;请帖[C]
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I just want to talk to him. Here is my
card.
我只是想跟他谈谈。这是我的名片。
- 明信片[C]
- 硬纸板[U]
- 【口】引人发笑的人;怪人[C]
- 办法,手段,妙计[C]
- (运动会等的)节目单[C]
vt.
- 把……记入卡片
短语
have a card up one's sleeve
- 胸有成竹
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Mr Smith always
has a card up his sleeve.
史密斯先生总是胸有成竹。
lay/put one's cards on the table
- 摊牌;表明意向,计划等
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Perhaps you will make some progress if you
put your cards on the table.
如果你开诚布公,也许会取得某些进展。
辨析
card1
n.
- thick, stiff paper or thin cardboard.
- a piece of card for writing on, especially a postcard or greetings card.
▸a business card or visiting card.
- a small rectangular piece of plastic containing machine-readable personal data, e.g. a credit card or cash card.
- a playing card.
▸
(cards)
[treated as sing.]
a game played with playing cards.
-
(cards)
Brit. informal documents relating to an employee, especially for tax and national insurance, held by the employer.
- a scorecard, in particular a list of holes on a golf course.
▸a programme of events at a race meeting.
- Computing a circuit board that can be inserted in a computer to give extra facilities.
- informal, dated or N. Amer. a person regarded as odd or amusing.
v.
- write on a card, especially for indexing.
- N. Amer. check the identity card of (someone), especially to verify their age.
Phrase
Etymology
ME: from OFr. carte, from L. carta, charta, from Gk khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.
card2
v.
comb and clean (raw wool or similar material) with a sharp-toothed instrument to disentangle the fibres before spinning.
n.
a toothed implement or machine for this purpose.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. carde, from Provençal carda, from cardar ‘tease, comb’, based on L. carere ‘to card’.