单词 | trump |
释义 | trump trump1 —trumpless, adj. /trump/, n. 1. Cards. a. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. b. Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself. 2. Informal. a fine person; brick. v.t. 3. Cards. to take with a trump. 4. to excel; surpass; outdo. v.i. 5. Cards. a. to play a trump. b. to take a trick with a trump. 6. trump up, to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate: Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him. [1520-30; unexplained var. of TRIUMPH] trump2 /trump/, Literary. n. 1. a trumpet. 2. its sound. v.i. 3. to blow a trumpet. [1250-1300; (n.) ME trompe < OF < OHG trumpa, var. of trumba trumpet; (v.) ME trompen < OF tromper, deriv. of trompe] |
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