英语词汇“at dice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. (a) A small cube of ivory, bone, or other material, having its faces marked with spots numbering from one to six, used in games of chance by being thrown from a box or the hand, the chance being decided by the number on the face of the die that turns uppermost. Also, a cube bearing other devices on its faces, or a solid with more or less than six faces (see quots.). (b) plural. The game played with these; esp. in at (the) dice.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > game of dice > [noun]

diec1330

cockal1586

set1595

straglersc1650

shackle1881

rats and mice1929

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice

diec1330

bicched bonesc1386

bonec1405

dalyc1440

huckle-bone1542

devil's bones1597

tat1688

St Hugh's bones1785

ivory1830

astragal1850

α. singular dee, dye, dy, die.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 209 The chaunce is cast upon a dee, But yet full oft a man may see [etc.].

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cv. 56 Nouht so gret as a as in a dee.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiii/1 A Dye, alea.

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 23 Hee'le cogge the die.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. i. sig. C4^v You shall no more deale with the hollow Die, Or the fraile Card.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 85 So to cast the dy that it may chance right.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 14 He puts one Dye into the Box.

1705 S. Centlivre Gamester i. i. 9 To teach you the management of the Die.

1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 33 To throw a die, or play at cards.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vii. 156 Dependent on the turn of a die, on the tossing up of a halfpenny.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 74 The real probability that 6000 throws with a die shall give exactly 1000 aces.

1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 68 The cast of a die is absolutely impossible of prediction.

β. plural des, dees, deys, dys, dyse, dyce, dise, dice.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11392 Somme pleide wyþ des and tables.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 Þe gemenes of des, and of tables.c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 5 They daunce and pleyen at dees [so Harl., Hengwrt; Camb. deis, Petworth dys, Corp. dyse, Lansd. dise] bothe day and nyght.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 75 Pleyenge wiþ dees of gold.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud Misc. 622) 3297 Þe rybaude pleieþ at þe dys [(ed. Weber) deys] Swiþe selde þe fole is wys.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. viii. 147 In his lyfte hande thre Dyse.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 55 His maistre pleyed gladly atte dise.1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 422 The towne clerke to fynde theym Dice.1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 327 For a bale of dysse.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 21 Whiche doo no thynge but playe with dees and cardes.1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 §5 The Tenys, Closshe, Dise, Cardes, Bowles.1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 35 Sume at cardes and sume at dyyss.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy (MS. a 1500) 1622 The draghtes, the dyse, and oþer dregh gaumes.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 73 Wych playd wyth kynge Henry the viii^te at dysse.1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 570 The lyfe of a man is lyke a game at the dice.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 340 In casting a paire of dyce.1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Rom. Quest. (1892) 57 Playing at dice with cokall bones.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 477 From Dice and Wine the Youth retir'd to Rest.1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 54 Lord Winterbottom is ruined by the dice.1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 126 They Have won with false dice.1871 T. Taylor Jeanne Darc iii. i Rough soldiers left their oaths, and dice, and lewdness.1874 Macomb (Illinois) Eagle 23 Nov. 1/5 ‘Now, gentlemen,’ said she, ‘we will throw poker dice.’1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 176/2 Eight-sided dice have comparatively lately been introduced in France as aids to children in learning the multiplication table.1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 32 Crown and Anchor is played by means of dice marked with crowns, anchors, hearts, etc. and a board similarly marked.1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games v. 125 Games with two-sided dice.1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games v. 141 Three special dice are used marked with a crown, an anchor, a heart, a spade, a diamond, and a club.γ. singular dice, plural dices: cf. obsolete French singular dez.1388 Act 12 Rich. II c. 6 §1 Les..jeues appellez coytes dyces, gettre de pere.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 666 Hic talus, dyse.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121/1 Dycyn, or pley wythe dycys, aleo.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. viii. 152 He..caste .iii. dyse, And on eche dyse was a syse.a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 228 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Ne at the dyces with hym to play.1483 Cath. Angl. 99/1 A Dice, taxillus, alea.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dice or die, alea, talus, thessera.1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 100 Amongst the Grecians κυβεια signifies a Dice..the cast of a Dice was most casual and incertain.1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. xvii. 202 Protesting never to touch a card, or throw a dice again.

单词	at dice
释义	> as lemmas at (the) dice 1. (a) A small cube of ivory, bone, or other material, having its faces marked with spots numbering from one to six, used in games of chance by being thrown from a box or the hand, the chance being decided by the number on the face of the die that turns uppermost. Also, a cube bearing other devices on its faces, or a solid with more or less than six faces (see quots.). (b) plural. The game played with these; esp. in at (the) dice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > game of dice > [noun] diec1330 cockal1586 set1595 straglersc1650 shackle1881 rats and mice1929 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice diec1330 bicched bonesc1386 bonec1405 dalyc1440 huckle-bone1542 devil's bones1597 tat1688 St Hugh's bones1785 ivory1830 astragal1850 α. singular dee, dye, dy, die. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 209 The chaunce is cast upon a dee, But yet full oft a man may see [etc.]. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cv. 56 Nouht so gret as a as in a dee. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiii/1 A Dye, alea. 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 23 Hee'le cogge the die. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. i. sig. C4^v You shall no more deale with the hollow Die, Or the fraile Card. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 85 So to cast the dy that it may chance right. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 14 He puts one Dye into the Box. 1705 S. Centlivre Gamester i. i. 9 To teach you the management of the Die. 1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 33 To throw a die, or play at cards. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vii. 156 Dependent on the turn of a die, on the tossing up of a halfpenny. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 74 The real probability that 6000 throws with a die shall give exactly 1000 aces. 1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 68 The cast of a die is absolutely impossible of prediction. β. plural des, dees, deys, dys, dyse, dyce, dise, dice.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11392 Somme pleide wyþ des and tables.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 Þe gemenes of des, and of tables.c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 5 They daunce and pleyen at dees [so Harl., Hengwrt; Camb. deis, Petworth dys, Corp. dyse, Lansd. dise] bothe day and nyght.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 75 Pleyenge wiþ dees of gold.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud Misc. 622) 3297 Þe rybaude pleieþ at þe dys [(ed. Weber) deys] Swiþe selde þe fole is wys.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. viii. 147 In his lyfte hande thre Dyse.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 55 His maistre pleyed gladly atte dise.1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 422 The towne clerke to fynde theym Dice.1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 327 For a bale of dysse.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 21 Whiche doo no thynge but playe with dees and cardes.1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 §5 The Tenys, Closshe, Dise, Cardes, Bowles.1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 35 Sume at cardes and sume at dyyss.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy (MS. a 1500) 1622 The draghtes, the dyse, and oþer dregh gaumes.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 73 Wych playd wyth kynge Henry the viii^te at dysse.1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 570 The lyfe of a man is lyke a game at the dice.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 340 In casting a paire of dyce.1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Rom. Quest. (1892) 57 Playing at dice with cokall bones.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 477 From Dice and Wine the Youth retir'd to Rest.1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 54 Lord Winterbottom is ruined by the dice.1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 126 They Have won with false dice.1871 T. Taylor Jeanne Darc iii. i Rough soldiers left their oaths, and dice, and lewdness.1874 Macomb (Illinois) Eagle 23 Nov. 1/5 ‘Now, gentlemen,’ said she, ‘we will throw poker dice.’1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 176/2 Eight-sided dice have comparatively lately been introduced in France as aids to children in learning the multiplication table.1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 32 Crown and Anchor is played by means of dice marked with crowns, anchors, hearts, etc. and a board similarly marked.1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games v. 125 Games with two-sided dice.1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games v. 141 Three special dice are used marked with a crown, an anchor, a heart, a spade, a diamond, and a club.γ. singular dice, plural dices: cf. obsolete French singular dez.1388 Act 12 Rich. II c. 6 §1 Les..jeues appellez coytes dyces, gettre de pere.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 666 Hic talus, dyse.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121/1 Dycyn, or pley wythe dycys, aleo.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. viii. 152 He..caste .iii. dyse, And on eche dyse was a syse.a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 228 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Ne at the dyces with hym to play.1483 Cath. Angl. 99/1 A Dice, taxillus, alea.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dice or die, alea, talus, thessera.1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 100 Amongst the Grecians κυβεια signifies a Dice..the cast of a Dice was most casual and incertain.1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. xvii. 202 Protesting never to touch a card, or throw a dice again. extracted from dien.¹ < as lemmas
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