| 单词 | straight four |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraight four straight eight n. Mechanics (a motor vehicle having) an internal combustion engine with eight cylinders arranged in a straight line; frequently attributive; similarly straight four, straight six; (cf. in-line adj. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > with specific type of engine one-lunger1908 straight eight1926 V-eight1930 hybrid1967 alternative fuel vehicle1979 AFV1982 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > engine with specific number of cylinders sices1920 V engine1924 straight eight1926 V-eight1930 single1951 vee engine1957 1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate ii. 197 Heroes invariably have the time to drive in Straight-Eights from Salt Lake City to New York. 1928 Punch 17 Oct. 439/3 Several new ‘straight eight’ cars have recently been announced. The advantages of the eight-in-line unit are obvious. 1954 Motor Man. (ed. 35) ii. 25 (caption) Daimler Straight~eight 36 h.p. petrol engine. 1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) ii. 38 The crankshaft is arranged so that the pistons operate in exactly the same manner as they do in a straight-four engine. 1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 53 This formed the basis for the small, fast revving straight-eights so particularly associated with the name of Bugatti. 1973 Guardian 11 June 7/4 The Datsun 240K GT Skyline..[has] an ordinary straight-six cylinder engine. 1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 249/5 The engine of the Type-41 Bugatti illustrated..is a straight-eight with all its cylinders in line. straight four b. straight poker, straight whist, etc.: the game in its unmodified form. straight four, straight five, straight six, straight flush: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards cater-trey?a1500 mournival1530 sequence1575 pair royal1608 septieme1651 tierce1659 pair1674 purtaunte1688 quart major1718 matrimonya1743 queen-suit1744 quart1746 prial1776 flux1798 fredon1798 tricon1798 intrigue1830 straight1841 marriage1861 under-sequence1863 straight five1864 double pair-royal?1870 run?1870 short suit1876 four1883 fourchette1885 meld1887 doubleton1906 canasta1948 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > varieties of whisk and swabbers1699 twelfth whist1752 Boston1800 short1825 long1832 dummy whist1843 preference1852 solo whistc1875 hearts1884 drive whist1885 cayenne whist1887 duplicate whist1891 duplicate1894 straight whist1901 1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 167 It [sc. Twenty-Deck Poker] is controlled by the same rules as Common or Straight Poker. 1882 Poker; how to play it 56 A Straight Flush (that is, a sequence of five cards, all of the same suit). 1882 Poker; how to play it 72 Straight Poker or Bluff, as it is sometimes called, is played with a pack of fifty-two cards. 1895 G. J. Manson Sporting Dict. Straight Five, a sequence or rotation of fives. 1895 G. J. Manson Sporting Dict. Straight Four. 1901 R. F. Foster Bridge Man. (new ed.) Introd. p. xi Bridge..has completely taken the place of straight whist. < as lemmas |
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