| 单词 | four of a kind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfour of a kind (a) Cards. Of a number of cards in a hand: having the same face value but of different suits. Used chiefly in ranking players' hands in games such as poker, esp. in three of a kind, four of a kind. ΚΠ 1793 Matrimonial Mag. Jan. 26/2 When you hold two cards of a kind, and a third is upon the table, you may..lay down one of them. 1865 G. M. Evans How Gamblers Win 43 As a general thing, ‘pat hands’, that is, hands which fall complete without drawing (as flushes, fulls, or four of a kind)—should be avoided, as they tend to excite suspicion. 1940 O. Jacoby On Poker v. 36 The time to sandbag is when you have three of a kind or better. 1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 45/2 If the next player can play a similar card (i.e. lay out the third card of three-of-a-kind), he gets 6 points for a pair-royal. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Nov. iii. 16/3 His four of a kind beat his remaining opponent's pair of queens. < as lemmas |
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