英语词汇“to call the turn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

j. to call the turn.

(a) Faro. To guess the order of the last three cards in the pack. Also to call the last turn. Cf. sense 17d(a).

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1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 204 ‘Calling the last turn’, that is..guessing the order in which the cards will appear.

1874 C. Sutton N.Y. Tombs xxxix. 543 The world seems to..regard her as a sort of American Becky Sharp, who, in the faro game of the grand passion, knew how to ‘call the turn’ properly.

1889 Cent. Dict. at Faro The showing of two cards constitutes a ‘turn’. After each turn new bets are made for another, down to the last three cards of the pack; the only betting allowed after this is on ‘calling the turn’, or guessing which will show first.

1999 M. Braun Gentleman Rogue iii. 26 Lowe called the turn. By ten o'clock, Lady Luck deserted Courtright at the faro table.

(b) U.S. slang. To make an informed guess about the future; to make an accurate prediction.

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1914 R. W. Lardner in Sat. Evening Post 25 July 17/2 When you guys bought Smitty and didn't get Fogarty I called the turn. Some o' the boys figured they..might keep it up when they was separated; but I knowed different. And that's why I made the bet.

1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 81/2 I don't know how you done it, but you called the turn. But don't tell Curly on me!

2006 K. Carlson Oregon State Football ii. 37/2 Swede Larson..called the turn between halves at Durham when he said ‘you can see that Duke is being hit harder and keener than at any time during the season’.

单词	to call the turn
释义	> as lemmas to call the turn j. to call the turn. (a) Faro. To guess the order of the last three cards in the pack. Also to call the last turn. Cf. sense 17d(a). ΚΠ 1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 204 ‘Calling the last turn’, that is..guessing the order in which the cards will appear. 1874 C. Sutton N.Y. Tombs xxxix. 543 The world seems to..regard her as a sort of American Becky Sharp, who, in the faro game of the grand passion, knew how to ‘call the turn’ properly. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Faro The showing of two cards constitutes a ‘turn’. After each turn new bets are made for another, down to the last three cards of the pack; the only betting allowed after this is on ‘calling the turn’, or guessing which will show first. 1999 M. Braun Gentleman Rogue iii. 26 Lowe called the turn. By ten o'clock, Lady Luck deserted Courtright at the faro table. (b) U.S. slang. To make an informed guess about the future; to make an accurate prediction. ΚΠ 1914 R. W. Lardner in Sat. Evening Post 25 July 17/2 When you guys bought Smitty and didn't get Fogarty I called the turn. Some o' the boys figured they..might keep it up when they was separated; but I knowed different. And that's why I made the bet. 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 81/2 I don't know how you done it, but you called the turn. But don't tell Curly on me! 2006 K. Carlson Oregon State Football ii. 37/2 Swede Larson..called the turn between halves at Durham when he said ‘you can see that Duke is being hit harder and keener than at any time during the season’. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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