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casino

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Gambling
ca·si·no /kəˈsiːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ ●●○ noun (plural casinos) [countable]  DGGa place where people try to win money by playing card games or roulette 赌场 Doesn’t that club have a casino upstairs? 那家俱乐部楼上不是有赌场吗?
Examples from the Corpus
casinoFour questions for corporate finance One man's efficient, interconnected global market is another man's arbitrary and nationally divisive casino.Legislation to legalize casino gambling could be introduced in Congress next fall.Las Vegas already mixes casinos with shops and theme resorts.Macready had men posted on the sidewalks to protect his customers' money on their way to the casino.Other major players in the Las Vegas casino market came along for the ride.There were casinos, betting parlors, drug traffic.But tribes with casinos are starting to use some of their profits to buy land and keep it from being destroyed.
Origin casino (1700-1800) Italian casa house
ca·si·no nounChineseSyllable
where try money by Corpus a to win place people


casino
casino /kəˈsiːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural casinos) [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Italian
 Origin: casa 'house'
a place where people try to win money by playing card games or roulette:
    Doesn’t that club have a casino upstairs?


ca·sinoBrE /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈsiːnoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
ca·sinos
)
a public building or room where people play gambling games for money 赌场

bet, casino, chip, croupier, gambling, lottery, odds, roulette, stake, streak