英语词汇“to call honours”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. intransitive. Whist. In long whist: to ask one's partner if he or she holds an honour card (see honour n. 8a). Also transitive in to call honours. Obsolete.In long whist, if one side had eight points, then a member of that side who held two honour cards could call honours. If his or her partner did hold an honour card then their combined score was ten and the game was won. Cf. can you (also ye)? at can v.¹ Phrases 6.

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1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xi. 116 If he forgets to call after playing a trick, he loseth the advantage of Can-ye for that deal.

1709 Brit. Apollo 27–29 July If either A. or B. have Honours they are at Liberty to Call.

1744 E. Hoyle Artificial Memory 26 If your Partner calls at the Point of Eight, before his time, you are to trump to him.

1770 Lady's Mag. Nov. 171/1 [They] happened to be eight, a number well known to entitle the party to call honours.

1820 J. Chambers Biogr. Illustr. Worcs. 539 He looked in vain for his partner to finish the game by a call for honours. What, then, was his surprise afterwards, to see his partner play two honours which he held! ‘Why did you not call,’ said the astonished Swift.

1876 ‘Cavendish’ Laws & Princ. Whist (ed. 11) 51 Early in this century, the points of the game were altered from ten to five, and calling honours was abolished.

单词	to call honours
释义	> as lemmas to call honours †a. intransitive. Whist. In long whist: to ask one's partner if he or she holds an honour card (see honour n. 8a). Also transitive in to call honours. Obsolete.In long whist, if one side had eight points, then a member of that side who held two honour cards could call honours. If his or her partner did hold an honour card then their combined score was ten and the game was won. Cf. can you (also ye)? at can v.¹ Phrases 6. ΚΠ 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xi. 116 If he forgets to call after playing a trick, he loseth the advantage of Can-ye for that deal. 1709 Brit. Apollo 27–29 July If either A. or B. have Honours they are at Liberty to Call. 1744 E. Hoyle Artificial Memory 26 If your Partner calls at the Point of Eight, before his time, you are to trump to him. 1770 Lady's Mag. Nov. 171/1 [They] happened to be eight, a number well known to entitle the party to call honours. 1820 J. Chambers Biogr. Illustr. Worcs. 539 He looked in vain for his partner to finish the game by a call for honours. What, then, was his surprise afterwards, to see his partner play two honours which he held! ‘Why did you not call,’ said the astonished Swift. 1876 ‘Cavendish’ Laws & Princ. Whist (ed. 11) 51 Early in this century, the points of the game were altered from ten to five, and calling honours was abolished. extracted from callv. < as lemmas
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