card1
n.
- 紙牌[C]
- 紙牌遊戲[P]
He came over to chat and play
cards.
他過來聊天,打牌。
- 卡片;名片;請帖[C]
I just want to talk to him. Here is my
card.
我只是想跟他談談。這是我的名片。
- 明信片[C]
- 硬紙板[U]
- 【口】引人發笑的人;怪人[C]
- 辦法,手段,妙計[C]
- (運動會等的)節目單[C]
vt.
- 把……記入卡片
片語
have a card up one's sleeve
- 胸有成竹
Mr Smith always
has a card up his sleeve.
史密斯先生總是胸有成竹。
lay/put one's cards on the table
- 攤牌;表明意向,計劃等
Perhaps you will make some progress if you
put your cards on the table.
如果你開誠佈公,也許會取得某些進展。
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’.