| 释义 |
croupiercrou‧pi‧er /ˈkruːpiə $ -ər/ noun [countable]   croupierOrigin: 1700-1800 French ‘person who rides on the back end of a horse, person who stands behind a player and gives advice, croupier’, from Old French croupe ‘back end of an animal’ - As it turned out, I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats.
- I became a croupier - starting work at 11 p.m. and finishing at 5 a.m.
- I work nights - in a news bureau, as a croupier in a nightclub, as a waitress.
- It was while he was working as a croupier in a gambling joint that some friends coaxed him into singing in public.
- One of the croupiers, a blonde girl, beckoned him to join the blackjack table.
- She thrust the customary tip towards the croupier with a slip of paper wrapped around a plaque.
- The croupier had a high-pitched voice, insistent.
► Gamblingback, verbbank, nounbanker, nounbet, verbbet, nounbid, verbbingo, nounbookie, nounbookmaker, nouncasino, nounchip, nouncroupier, noundividend, noundraw, nouneach way, adverbfruit machine, noungamble, verbgaming, nounlottery, nounodds, nounofftrack, adjectiveone-armed bandit, nounparimutuel, nounplace, verbraffle, nounraffle, verbroulette, nounslot machine, nounstakeholder, nounsweepstake, nountombola, nountout, verbwager, nounwager, verb someone whose job is to collect and pay out money where people play cards, roulette etc for money at a casino |