whist
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++whist /wɪst/ noun [uncountable] DGCa card game for four players in two pairs, in which each pair tries to win the most tricks 〔由四人组成两方对打的〕惠斯特纸牌戏
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whist• Popular games normally are: whist, rummy, scrabble, draughts, dominoes or poker.• Consider the card games, whist and bridge.• I have sometimes wondered if they, Cooper and McMahon ever managed to get together for a rubber of whist or bridge.• They'd enjoyed a game of snap or whist or gin rummy.• Some played whist, but everyone danced.• Psycho was a cross-legged Hindu figure, twenty-two inches high, which played whist with the audience.• The whist drives for the school - you can take part in the preparations.• Tunstall does have a village hall where whist drives and an annual coffee evening are held.Origin whist (1600-1700) whisk “whist” ((17-19 centuries)); perhaps because the cards are “whisked” or taken away quicklywhist nounChinese
players pairs, for Corpus card game four in a in two
whist
whist /wɪst/
noun [uncountable]
whist /wɪst/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: whisk 'whist' (17-19 centuries); perhaps because the cards are 'whisked' or taken away quickly
a card game for four players in two pairs, in which each pair tries to win the most tricks
Origin: whisk 'whist' (17-19 centuries); perhaps because the cards are 'whisked' or taken away quickly