| 单词 | to play, hold a lone hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play, hold a lone hand b. to play, hold a lone hand: in Quadrille and Euchre, to play against all the other players, or against the opposite side without help from one's own. Hence lone hand, lone player are used = a person playing such a game. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > live, act, or work alone [verb (intransitive)] to play, hold a lone hand1799 lone wolf1909 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > person > who does something alone lone hand1799 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > play at quadrille [verb (intransitive)] > play lone hand to play, hold a lone hand1799 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > euchre > [verb (intransitive)] > actions in euchre to play, hold a lone hand1799 assist1878 1799 J. West Tale of Times I. 217 Sir Simon..was remarkably partial to holding a lone-hand [at quadrille]. 1830 R. Hardie Hoyle made Familiar 37 [Quadrille.] When playing against a lone hand, never lead a king, unless you have the queen. 1886 Euchre: how to play it 41 Suppose a player, being four, and his adversaries nothing, plays a lone hand and makes his five tricks. 1886 Euchre: how to play it 108 Lone Hand, a hand so strong in trumps alone, or in trumps, guarded by high cards of a lay suit, that it will probably win five tricks if its holder plays alone. Lone player, the one playing without his partner. < as lemmas |
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