| 单词 | card |
| 释义 | card (once / 106 pages) 1nv 2v 3n A card is a thick, often square or rectangular piece of paper. A schmoozer might hand you a business card, or you might send your mom a Mother’s Day card, or perhaps you’ll play poker with a deck of cards. There are many different kinds of cards, from birthday cards to flashcards for studying vocabulary words before a big test. Cards are traditionally made from a light cardboard or heavy weight paper, although you probably also have plastic cards like an ATM card or a library card. To card someone is to ask for an identification card. The Greek root of card is khartes, "layer of papyrus." WORD FAMILYcard: carded, carding, cards USAGE EXAMPLESTo avoid a stockpile of holiday cards, “save only those that are meaningful and special,” Tova Weinstock, a professional organizer in Brooklyn, said. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) “The dinosaurs found themselves holding some bad cards,” he said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) When the asteroid hit, “dinosaurs were basically caught holding bad cards—a dead man’s hand,” Erickson says. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n thin cardboard, usually rectangular Hypo|Hyper timecard a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day cardboard, composition board a stiff moderately thick paper 2n a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) they sent us a card from Miami Hypo|Hyper get-well card a card expressing get-well wishes greeting carda card sent to express personal greetings mailing-card, post card, postal card, postcarda card for sending messages by post without an envelope sympathy carda card expressing sympathy birthday carda card expressing a birthday greeting Christmas carda card expressing a Christmas greeting Easter carda card expressing an Easter greeting Valentinea card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day lettercarda postcard that folds so the message is inside picture postcarda postcard with a picture on one side Mass card(Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased spiritual bouquet(Roman Catholic Church) a card indicating that the sender will perform certain devotional acts on behalf of another correspondence communication by the exchange of letters 3n a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited Syn|Hyper calling card, visiting card greeting, salutation (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) 4n one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes he collected cards and traded them with the other boys Hypo|Hyper playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games Hollerith card, punch card, punched carda card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes tarot, tarot cardany of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers trading carda card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children cribthe cards discarded by players at cribbage aceone of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face baseball carda trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record cluba playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it deuce, twoone of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots diamonda playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it drawa playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack court card, face card, picture cardone of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face gaming cardone of a set of cards used in gambling games hearta playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it hole card(poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown jokera playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester singletonthe playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt spadea playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it spota playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value stopper(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit suitplaying card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color three, treyone of four playing cards in a deck having three pips trump, trump carda playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps wild carda playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it paper a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 5n a card certifying the identity of the bearer he had to show his card to get in Syn|Hypo|Hyper identity card business card a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation donor carda card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death keycarda plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism membership carda card certifying membership in an organization borrower's card, library carda card certifying the bearer's right to use the library ration carda card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods union carda card certifying membership in a labor union positive identification evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance 6n a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill, notice, placard, poster, posting show bill, show card, theatrical poster a poster advertising a show or play flash card, flashcarda card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher sign a public display of a message 7n (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) you have to turn in your card to get a handicap Syn|Hyper scorecard book, record, record book a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone 8n a list of dishes available at a restaurant Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu a la carte a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices prix fixea menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices table d'hotea menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price bill a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) 9n (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate Syn|Hyper batting order, lineup roll, roster a list of names 10n a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities Syn|Hypo|Hyper add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in CPU board, mother board the main circuit board for a computer PC boarda removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board printed circuit computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered 11v ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor 2I was carded when I tried to buy a beer! Hyper ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something v separate the fibers of 3Syn|Hyper tease separate divide into components or constituents n a witty amusing person who makes jokes Syn|Hyper wag, wit humorist, humourist someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way |
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