| 单词 | discard pile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiscard pile discard pile n. (a) a pile of playing cards rejected or thrown out from players' hands in the course of a card game; (b) (figurative and in extended use) a collection of rejected or unwanted things; cf. to go into the discard at Phrases. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > pile of cards unable to be played discard1719 waste-heap1873 discard pile1884 1884 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 24 Feb. 10/6 The three remaining cards are heaped into the discard pile. 1945 Amer. Antiq. 11 13/2 Once-cherished theories still have a habit of ending in the discard pile. 1991 A. Bennett Forty Years On & Other Plays (new ed.) Introd. 7 I'm thankful now that the BBC put this first script on the discard pile, thus forcing me to rewrite it in the version eventually produced on the stage. 2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. 12 The inmates..toss their unwanted cards into the discard pile. < as lemmas |
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