| 单词 | rock-crusher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock-crusher rock-crusher n. (a) a machine used to break down rocks; (b) figurative (Bridge) a very strong hand. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > types of hand rock-crusher1859 chicane1900 yarborough1900 suiter1909 two-suiter1923 spread1929 swing hand1960 1859 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Daily Republican 30 Nov. 2/2 P. W. Gates & Co of Chicago, have just shipped a steam engine of their manufacture, and also a patent Rock Crusher, to the Island of Cuba. 1933 ‘E. Queen’ Trag. of Z ii. 20 He had hurled his diploma into a rock-crusher and was labouring at his father's Leeds quarries. 1952 I. Macleod Bridge iv. 39 The Two Club bid..has the double advantage of freeing the other bids of Two of a suit for specialized use, and coping with the rockcrusher hands which do not qualify for a Strong Two opening. 2001 Isis 92 134/2 The toughness of the valley basalts prompted Eli Whitney Blake to invent the modern rock crusher in 1858. 2003 B. Manley Everything Bridge Bk. xv. 179 As you learn more and more bridge language, you will understand that this hand is a ‘rock crusher’. < as lemmas |
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