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单词 chicanes
释义

chicane /shi-kānˈ/

noun
  1. A series of sharp bends on a motor-racing track
  2. A trick or artifice
  3. A bridge hand without trumps, for which a score above the line used to be allowed
intransitive verb (archaic)

To use tricks and artifice

transitive verb (archaic)

To deceive

ORIGIN: Fr chicane sharp practice at law, from Late Gr tzykanion a game at mall, tzykanizein to play at mall, from Pers tchugagan a crooked mallet

chicāˈner noun

  1. A person who chicanes
  2. A quibbler

chicāˈnery noun

  1. Trickery or sharp practice, esp in legal proceedings
  2. Quibbling, deception

chicāˈning noun

Quibbling, deception

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