| 单词 | above the line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove the line c. Bridge. A line across a scorecard. So above the line, denoting points scored for game, honours, overtricks, or rubber, or for the failure of opponents to fulfil their contract; below the line, denoting points scored for tricks bid and won, and counting towards game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > points below the line1905 above the line1933 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill vii. 144 My partner..made the Little Slam, and scored nearly six hundred below the line. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 14/2 Suppose the contract is two in hearts, and four by cards are made, the contracting side score 32 below the line, and game. If the contract had failed, and say two by cards had been lost, the adversaries would score 200 in their honour column. 1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge ii. 9 The basic theory of Contract, viz., that Declarer may score below the line (toward game) only as many odd tricks as he has contracted to win. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England vi. 78 Gone down 650 points above the line whereas he ought to have made two no-trumps. 1967 P. Anderton Play Bridge i. 15 They win ten tricks so they score three times the value of Spades below the line, i.e. 90 points plus another 30 points above the line as a bonus for making one more than their contract. 1970 S. Hughes Art of Coarse Bridge i. 12 This kind of spectacular finale happens far more often than one might expect, but it takes an awful lot of scoring above the line before anyone actually has..the right cards to do it with. < as lemmas |
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