| 单词 | to win the vole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto win the vole a. The winning of all the tricks in certain card games, as écarté, quadrille, or ombre. Frequently to win the vole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > winning or losing points or tricks trick1607 rub1613 slam1660 vole1680 sans prendre1728 grand slam1800 single1850 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 46 Pug has sent me to you..to bring you down to Cards again;..she'll never forgive you the last Vol you won. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 Mar. (1948) II. 634 I..played at Ombre..for 3 hours, there were 3 Voles against me,..but [I] came off for 3s-6d. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband v. iii. 93 Unless..sometimes winning a great Stake; laying down a Vole, sans prendre may come up, to the profitable Pleasure you were speaking of. 1741 E. Montagu Let. 15 Jan. (1809) II. 111 Many there would have gone twice as far to have saved a vole at quadrille. 1778 Camp Guide 12 To win a great—battle—I think from my soul, Is rather more dubious, than Quadrille the vole. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xvi. 221 Cards answer'd to her call..‘A vole! a vole!’ she cried, ‘'tis fairly won.’ 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 131 Unless the winners should choose to undertake to make all the ten tricks [in Quadrille], which is called the vole. 1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree I. 21 ‘A gentle flutter at ecarté.’ ‘In which you began with King and vol each game, I wager.’ < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。