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

a. 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.

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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.

(b) Following a numeral, with reference to a number of people or (less commonly) things: very similar, much the same. Esp. in two of a kind.In quot. 1691 with reference to things of the identical type.

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1691 Athenian Mercury 18 Apr. By Monster the Proposer means a monstrous product, from a Natural Generation, as when two of a kind, as Man and Woman, two Monkeys, &c. produce something of the same species, yet with less or more Limbs.]

1873 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 2 163 Two of a kind, whate'er they be, Are very certain to agree.

1909 Pharmaceut. Era 8 July 36/1 The intelligent doctor and this honest drug store are two of a kind.

1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vi. 100 In a way, chéri , we're two of a kind.

1970 R. D. Abrahams Positively Black v. 122 There were the Dalton Brothers, four of a kind.

2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xvii. 182 I realise how much I have been depending on Big Sis to take on Valentina. Now I recognise that in some ways they are two of a kind.

(c) Used to indicate that something is not a good or typical example of its type. Cf. a kind of at Phrases 3a(a).

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1885 A. J. Wilson Life T. Wanless ix. 129 But had this maiden no guilt , then? Yes, she had guilt of a kind.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xiv. 250 With the aid of a cook-book Josella had managed to produce meals of a kind.

2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxviii. 232 Yes it is, marriage of a kind.

(d) one of a kind: see one-of-a-kind at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 4g.

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释义	> as lemmas of a kind a. 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. (b) Following a numeral, with reference to a number of people or (less commonly) things: very similar, much the same. Esp. in two of a kind.In quot. 1691 with reference to things of the identical type. ΚΠ 1691 Athenian Mercury 18 Apr. By Monster the Proposer means a monstrous product, from a Natural Generation, as when two of a kind, as Man and Woman, two Monkeys, &c. produce something of the same species, yet with less or more Limbs.] 1873 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 2 163 Two of a kind, whate'er they be, Are very certain to agree. 1909 Pharmaceut. Era 8 July 36/1 The intelligent doctor and this honest drug store are two of a kind. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vi. 100 In a way, chéri , we're two of a kind. 1970 R. D. Abrahams Positively Black v. 122 There were the Dalton Brothers, four of a kind. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xvii. 182 I realise how much I have been depending on Big Sis to take on Valentina. Now I recognise that in some ways they are two of a kind. (c) Used to indicate that something is not a good or typical example of its type. Cf. a kind of at Phrases 3a(a). ΚΠ 1885 A. J. Wilson Life T. Wanless ix. 129 But had this maiden no guilt , then? Yes, she had guilt of a kind. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xiv. 250 With the aid of a cook-book Josella had managed to produce meals of a kind. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxviii. 232 Yes it is, marriage of a kind. (d) one of a kind: see one-of-a-kind at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 4g. extracted from kindn. < as lemmas
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