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单词 deuce
释义
deucedeuce /djuːs $ duːs/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdeuce
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French deus ‘two’, from Latin duos
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alba said you wouldn't have me, though how the deuce she knows anything-!
  • His opponent, Mr Jones wins each of his three games off the first advantage from deuce.
  • In a nail-biting last game, Lau just edged home in deuce 22-20 to put Pinewood into their first cup final.
  • It is like an endless, exhausting game of tennis, deuce after deuce.
  • It lasted 32 points, 13 of them deuces.
  • The last game before the first drizzle arrived saw Rafter taken to six deuces as he wrestled to hold his serve.
  • This was seen to notable effect at 3-3 and deuce on Chesnokov's serve in the second set.
word sets
WORD SETS
ace, nounace, verbball boy, nounball girl, nounbreak, noundeuce, noundouble fault, nounfault, nounfoot fault, nounforehand, nounground stroke, nounhard court, nounlob, verblove, nounmatch point, nounseed, verbsmash, verbsmash, nountennis court, nountennis shoe, nountiebreaker, nountramlines, noununseeded, adjective
1[uncountable] the situation in tennis when both players have 40 points, after which one of the players must win two more points to win the game2[countable] American English a playing card with the number two on it3what/how etc the deuce ...? old-fashioned spoken used to add force to a question:  What the deuce is going on?
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