单词 | tarot |
释义 | tarotn. 1. One of a set of playing-cards, first used in Italy in the 14th cent. (Also used in fortune-telling.) Also attributive.The tarots, strictly speaking, are a series of 22 figured cards (21 of which are numbered), all being trumps, which are added to a set of 56 (in four suits), forming a pack of 78. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > instruments used in tarot1872 teacup1883 tea-leaf1883 wish card1922 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > tarot card terrestrial triumph1563 taroc1611 tarocco1768 tarot1872 discs1931 1872 W. Skeen Early Typogr. 55 A single pack of ‘tarots’, admirably painted about 1415 by Marziano,..cost the enormous sum of 1500 golden crowns (about £625). 1888 Chambers's Encycl. II. 763/1 No Spanish tarots are known to exist. 1899 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 611 Piot..was..the first to collect ‘Tarots’, those valuable playing cards, which now fetch such a high price. 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 2 in Encycl. Dict. Suppl. As fall the Tarot cards, so fell Each rose~page of the Oracle. 1928 D. Byrne Destiny Bay vii. 319 An old woman crazed by gambling and tarot cards. 1957 L. Durrell Justine iii. 180 Justine..would sit cross-legged on the bed and begin to lay out the little pack of Tarot cards. 1972 Time 19 June 26/2 The Center also presents tarot-card readings. 1977 Jrnl. Playing-Card Soc. May 3 Some Milan card makers reached a high degree of technical and artistic quality, including specialisation in a particular type of Tarot pack, usually with a narrow format. 2. In plural. The game played with these. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > tarot tarots1592 taroc1739 minchiate1741 tarocco1959 1592 G. Delamothe French Alphabeth 150 Will you play at Tables, at Dyce, at Tarots, at Chesses? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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