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C0105500 (kärd)n.1. A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:a. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.b. A greeting card.c. A postcard.d. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.e. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.f. A business card.g. A credit card.h. A magnetic card.i. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.2. cards(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games a. A game played with cards.b. The playing of games with cards.3. A program, especially for a sports event.4. a. A menu, as in a restaurant.b. A wine list.5. Computers a. A printed circuit board that plugs into a slot on a computer's motherboard or into a port on the outside of a device, and performs a particular function, such as data storage or converting and processing signals for communication with other devices.b. A punch card.6. A compass card.7. Informal An eccentrically amusing person.8. a. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).b. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).tr.v. card·ed, card·ing, cards 1. To furnish with or attach to a card.2. To list (something) on a card; catalog.3. To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age.4. Sports To warn or eject (a soccer player who has committed a flagrant foul) by showing a yellow card or a red card.Phrasal Verbs: card in To sign in, as at a place of business, by use of a magnetic card. card out To sign out, as from a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.Idioms: card up (one's) sleeve A secret resource or plan held in reserve: a tough negotiator who had a number of cards up his sleeve. in the cards Likely or certain to happen: My promotion to a higher position just isn't in the cards. put/lay (one's) cards on the table To make frank and clear revelation, as of one's motives or intentions.

[Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, paper made from papyrus, from Greek khartēs.]

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C0105500 (kärd)n.1. A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to straighten and separate fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning.2. A device used to raise the nap on a fabric.tr.v. card·ed, card·ing, cards To comb out or brush with a card.

[Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, from Latin carduus, thistle.]

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(kɑːdz) n1. (Card Games) (usually functioning as singular) a. any game or games played with cards, esp playing cardsb. the playing of such a game2. an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer3. get one's cards to be told to leave one's employment4. on the cards possible or likely. US equivalent: in the cards 5. play one's cards to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)6. put one's cards on the table lay one's cards on the table show one's cards to declare one's intentions, resources, etc

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cards - a game played with playing cards card gamediscard - (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suitshuffle, shuffling, make - the act of mixing cards haphazardlyreshuffling, reshuffle - shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle"game - a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"cutting, cut - the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"all fours, high-low-jack - card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or gamebaccarat, chemin de fer - a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to ninebeggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-naked - a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cardsvingt-et-un, twenty-one, blackjack - a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four playerscassino, casino - a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the handcribbage, crib - a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or twoecarte - a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king higheuchre, five hundred - a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a handsevens, fantan, parliament - a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cardsfaro - a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing boxGo Fish - a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cardsfour-card monte, monte, three-card monte - a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a timestops, Newmarket, boodle, Chicago, Michigan - a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that cardNapoleon, nap - a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakesold maid - a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')bezique, penuchle, pinochle, pinocle - a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whistpiquet - a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cardspisha paysha - (Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child; the deck is place face down with one card face upward; players draw from the deck alternately hoping to build up or down from the open card; the player with the fewest cards when the deck is exhausted is the winnerpoker game, poker - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking handrouge et noir, trente-et-quarante - a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some numberrum, rummy - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cardspatience, solitaire - a card game played by one personlong whist, short whist, whist - a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of sixdoubling, double - raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"deal - the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"lead - the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"renege, revoke - the mistake of not following suit when able to do sotrumping, ruff - (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suittrick - (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winnershoe - (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

Translations

牌戏

card

(kaːd) noun1. thick paper or thin board. shapes cut out from card. 卡片，硬纸板 2. (also ˈplaying card) a small piece of such paper etc with designs, used in playing certain games. a pack of cards.纸牌3. a similar object used for eg sending greetings, showing membership of an organization, storing information etc. a birthday card; a membership card; a business card.卡片、名片等cards noun singular the game(s) played with playing-cards. He cheats at cards.牌戏ˈcardboard noun, adjective (of) a stiff kind of paper often made up of several layers. a cardboard box. 卡纸板（的），硬纸板（的）

Where can I mail these cards? (US)
Where can I post these cards? (UK) → 哪儿能投递明信片？
Do you sell phone cards? → 这儿出售电话卡吗？
Do you sell international phone cards? → 这儿出售国际电话卡吗？
Do you take credit cards? → 收不收信用卡？
Do you take debit cards? → 收不收扣款卡？

CARDS

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CARDS➣Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software
CARDS➣Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study
CARDS➣Computerized Automated Reminder Diabetes System
CARDS➣Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
CARDS➣Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software (now Comprehensive Approach for Reusable Defense Software)
CARDS➣Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund in Saskatchewan
CARDS➣Community Assistance to Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (EU)
CARDS➣Comprehensive Approach for Reusable Defense Software (formerly Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software)
CARDS➣Concept And Requirements Definition Study
CARDS➣Combat Aircraft Recording and Data System
CARDS➣Conference Administration and Registration Database System (Web application developed in 2001)
CARDS➣Catalog of Approved Requirement Documents
CARDS➣Cash Receipts and Disbursements System
CARDS➣Cask Railcar Dynamic Simulator

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