| 单词 | solitaire |
| 释义 | solitaire /sol"i tair'/, n. 1. Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner. 2. a game played by one person alone, as a game played with marbles or pegs on a board having hollows or holes. 3. a precious stone, esp. a diamond, set by itself, as in a ring. 4. any of several American thrushes of the genus Myadestes, having short, broad bills and noted for their beautiful songs. 5. a large extinct flightless bird of the genus Pezophaps, related to the dodo but with a longer neck, smaller bill, and longer legs, that inhabited the Mascarene Islands. [1350-1400; ME < F < L solitarius SOLITARY] |
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