英语词汇“deuce”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

deuce²

(ds, dys) Informal

1. The devil: "Love is a bodily infirmity ... which breaks out the deuce knows how or why" (William Makepeace Thackeray).

2. An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: a deuce of a family row.

3. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: got the deuce for being late.

4. Used as an intensive: What the deuce were they thinking of?

[Probably from Low German duus, a throw of two in dice games, bad luck, ultimately from Latin duo, two; see DEUCE¹.]

单词	deuce
释义	deuce² (ds, dys) Informal n. 1. The devil: "Love is a bodily infirmity ... which breaks out the deuce knows how or why" (William Makepeace Thackeray). 2. An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: a deuce of a family row. 3. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: got the deuce for being late. 4. Used as an intensive: What the deuce were they thinking of? [Probably from Low German duus, a throw of two in dice games, bad luck, ultimately from Latin duo, two; see DEUCE¹.]
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