| 单词 | card play | 
| 释义 | > as lemmascard play  a.   General use as a modifier (in senses  1a   and  1b), as in  card cheat,  card party,  card meeting,  card play; also with participles, agent nouns and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which card expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in  card cheating,  card dealer,  card player,  card playing, etc.Cf. also card game n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > 			[noun]		 > card-playing cardsa1450 carding?a1500 card play1528 card playing1528 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > 			[noun]		 > gathering where cards played card party1791 card meeting1824 1528    Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. biiij  				In carde playinge he is a goode greke. a1535    T. More Dialoge of Comfort 		(1553)	  i. xviii. sig. D.vii  				Thys they sayde dyd ease them well to put fantasies out of their heades..that ircked them to thinke of, and therefore cast it out wyth carde playe. 1589    ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper sig. A iijv  				What, a bishop such a cardplaier? 1608    T. Dekker Belman of London sig. F3  				This Card-cheating..is called Batt fowling. 1728    E. Chambers Cycl. at Cards  				The great Letters in our old manuscripts of 900 years ago, are apparently done by the Illuminers, after this Method of Card-making. 1751    T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xci. 266  				Our hero forthwith repaired to a card assembly. 1785    W. Cowper Task  iv. 229  				Sit pupils in the school Of card-devoted time. 1791    J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 164  				[Johnson:] I advised Mrs. Thrale, who has no card-parties at her house, to give sweet-meats, and such good things, in an evening. 1816    S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 38  				Ferdinand V...promulgated more severe laws and penalties against Card-players. 1824    M. R. Mitford Our Village 		(1863)	 I. 196  				He belonged..to every card-meeting of decent gentility. 1840    F. Marryat Poor Jack Finale 380  				She..was considered quite a catch at card-parties. 1849    T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 255  				Most of the time which he could save..was spent in racing, cardplaying, and cockfighting. 1859    G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 153  				Skittle sharps, card-cheats, ‘duffers’ and ring droppers. 1902    O. Wister Virginian iii. 31  				Into my thoughts broke the voice of that card-dealer. 1919    A. E. M. Foster Auction Bridge Table Talk v. 37  				Any form of gambling—card play, racing, or whatever else it may be. 1930    W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale ix. 108  				I did not play well, but Mrs. Driffield had a natural card sense. 2001    Times 30 Aug.  ii. 31/1  				Today's deal illustrates why the pairing did so well in Brighton—a combination of bold bidding and brilliant card-play. 2001    B. Dirrane in  M. Hickey Irish Days 		(2004)	 271  				My mother, God rest her, was a great card-player. < as lemmas  | 
	
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