| 单词 | waste-heap |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste-heap waste-heap n. (a) a pile of refuse matter; (b) transferred in Cards, a pile of cards formed from the accumulation during the course of a game of those which cannot be played (cf. rubbish heap n. at rubbish n., adj., and int. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > heap or accumulation of middena1425 dust-heap1654 refuse heap1816 detritus1849 tip1863 dump1865 waste-heap1873 junkyard1885 slag heap1917 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > pile of cards unable to be played discard1719 waste-heap1873 discard pile1884 1873 B. Stewart Conservation of Energy v. 153 Universally diffused heat forms what we may call the great waste-heap of the universe. 1892 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Illustr. Bk. Patience Games 4 If its [sc. the card's] nature does not allow of its being so played, it is laid face upwards in front of the player, the cards so deposited being known as the ‘waste-’ or ‘rubbish-heap’. 1913 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Sel. Patience Games 5 The cards so dealt with being known as the ‘waste-heap’ or ‘rubbish-heap’. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 702/2 Fosse Eight is a mighty waste-heap. 1975 Way to Play 145/3 Waste pile or heap, cards from the stock that cannot immediately be played onto the layout are sometimes placed face up in one or more waste piles, to be brought back into the game as appropriate. < as lemmas |
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