单词 | no trump |
释义 | no trumpn.adj. Cards. A. n. 1. = no trumps n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > type of call no trump1885 no trumps1885 no-trumper1899 trump signal1901 business1913 takeout1914 preference bid1927 preference1945 1885 K. A. Linderfelt Game of Preference 9 Ace, king, queen, knave and ten are honors in trumps, and, when no trump is played, the four aces. 1894 ‘Boaz’ Pocket Guide to Bridge 7 Should no trump be declared, each trick above six counts twelve. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 370/2 With an established black suit of 5 or 6 cards the dealer should declare no-trump if he has another suit protected. 1929 M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge ii. 9 He may overcall a No Trump with a suit-bid, or overcall a suit-bid with another suit or No Trump. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games xxii. 300 Boston-players found it more sensible to play the bid at no trump, an option not open to Tarot-players, as tarots are trumps by definition. 2. Bridge. With preceding number, as one no trump ( two no trump, etc.): = no trumps n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid bid1880 no trump1908 no trumps1925 1908 Laws of Auction Bridge 10 A call of..‘Two Diamonds’ overcalls ‘One No Trump’. 1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge 56 Cases of one No Trump jumped to two. 1952 H. Phillips & J. T. Reese Bridge with Mr. Playbetter iv. 20 Mrs. Rougenoir responded One No Trump. This was a good bid on her part. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 19 c/2 North risks..what may be the one makable contract—three no trump. 1988 R. Powers Prisoner's Dilemma i. 26 Nothing restored him to health like going down heroically in Three No Trump. B. adj. (Frequently hyphenated.) Made or played with no designated trump suit; of or relating to a bid or contract involving this. Also of a hand: suitable for playing with no designated trump suit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [adjective] > without trump suit no trump1902 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 369/2 If in a no-trump hand the partners conjointly hold 3 aces, they score 30 for honours. 1906 W. Dalton ‘Saturday’ Bridge 41 This is an undoubted No Trump call for the dealer. 1931 G. F. Hervey Headlights on Contract Bridge viii. 69 When the dealer has made an initial No-Trump bid and second hand has passed, the third hand has three courses open to him. 1973 T. Reese & A. Dormer Compl. Bk. Bridge v. 71 The partner of the notrump bidder..is able to judge the combined assets at once and can often select the final contract with his first call. 1984 L. Alther Other Women (1985) i. iv. 79 Arthur had just dealt her another fine no-trump hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1885 |
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