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

c. to follow suit.

(a) In various card games: to play a card of the same suit as the leading card. Formerly also †to follow in suit.In quot. 1643 with the card personified.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics

pass1599

pluck1606

pulla1625

to play high1640

to follow suit1643

to play at forsat1674

lead1677

overdrawc1805

stand1813

retract1823

underplay1850

to hold up1879

to throw in one's hand1893

build1901

build-down1983

1643 Bloody Game at Cards 5 This being whispered into the eares of the Spade-men, they all began to follow Suit in a mutinous manner, to set forth many thousand Spade-men against the King of Hearts.

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 61 The elder begins and younger follows in suit as at Whisk.

1788 J. Beaufort Hoyle's Games Impr. 15 Having but two or three small trumps, he should never force his partner to trump, if he finds he cannot follow suit.

1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 663/2 If a person happens not to follow suite, or trump a suite.

1889 L. P. Hale Fagots for Fireside 148 As in whist, the player next the dealer leads a card, which must be followed in suit by the other players.

2005 B. Rigal Card Games for Dummies (ed. 2) 138 Cards rank in the standard order, with aces high, and you have to follow suit..if you can.

(b) figurative. To do the same thing as another.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example

borrow?c1225

to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240

to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405

to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546

patrizate1623

patrizizea1642

to follow suit1747

to take a leaf out of a person's book1809

pattern1820

1747 J. Fish Love to Christ 36 People should first look to the Chief Shepherd, and follow suit by daily earnest Prayer.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick v. 32 I quickly followed suit, and descending into the bar-room accosted the grinning landlord.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 4 The three other horses followed suit.

1885 W. E. Norris Adrian Vidal xvi The ‘Monday Review’ happened to be the first to notice ‘Two Lovers’; but other journals speedily followed suit.

1958 Life 14 Apr. 19/2 One major mail order firm's summer catalogue showed price reductions that average 13% and the competitors would have to follow suit.

2018 A. Stein Unbound Introd. 19 In May 2014, Medicare lifted its ban on covering gender surgeries, and federal employees' insurance plans quickly followed suit.

单词	to follow suit
释义	> as lemmas to follow suit c. to follow suit. (a) In various card games: to play a card of the same suit as the leading card. Formerly also †to follow in suit.In quot. 1643 with the card personified. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 1643 Bloody Game at Cards 5 This being whispered into the eares of the Spade-men, they all began to follow Suit in a mutinous manner, to set forth many thousand Spade-men against the King of Hearts. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 61 The elder begins and younger follows in suit as at Whisk. 1788 J. Beaufort Hoyle's Games Impr. 15 Having but two or three small trumps, he should never force his partner to trump, if he finds he cannot follow suit. 1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 663/2 If a person happens not to follow suite, or trump a suite. 1889 L. P. Hale Fagots for Fireside 148 As in whist, the player next the dealer leads a card, which must be followed in suit by the other players. 2005 B. Rigal Card Games for Dummies (ed. 2) 138 Cards rank in the standard order, with aces high, and you have to follow suit..if you can. (b) figurative. To do the same thing as another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example borrow?c1225 to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240 to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405 to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546 patrizate1623 patrizizea1642 to follow suit1747 to take a leaf out of a person's book1809 pattern1820 1747 J. Fish Love to Christ 36 People should first look to the Chief Shepherd, and follow suit by daily earnest Prayer. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick v. 32 I quickly followed suit, and descending into the bar-room accosted the grinning landlord. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 4 The three other horses followed suit. 1885 W. E. Norris Adrian Vidal xvi The ‘Monday Review’ happened to be the first to notice ‘Two Lovers’; but other journals speedily followed suit. 1958 Life 14 Apr. 19/2 One major mail order firm's summer catalogue showed price reductions that average 13% and the competitors would have to follow suit. 2018 A. Stein Unbound Introd. 19 In May 2014, Medicare lifted its ban on covering gender surgeries, and federal employees' insurance plans quickly followed suit. extracted from suitn. < as lemmas
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