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单词 card
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card1/kahd/ noun

thin cardboard or stiff paper

a piece of card, usu small and rectangular in shape, used for any of various purposes

an identity card

an index card

a postcard

a greetings card

a visiting card

a playing card

(in pl, but treated as sing. or pl) a game played with cards

a rectangular piece of plastic issued by a bank or other organization, usu having machine-readable information about the holder and used to obtain credit, withdraw cash, etc

a programme, esp one for a sporting event

a valuable asset, advantage, or right for use in negotiations

Brit, informal (in pl) the official documents relating to an employee's income tax, national insurance, etc, held by their employer

informal an amusing or eccentric person

a card up one's sleeve

a secret plan or asset kept in reserve until needed

get/ask for one's cards

Brit, informal to be dismissed or resign from employment

mark somebody's card

Brit, informal to reprimand, warn, or threaten somebody

[In horseracing, a tipster marks a punter's racecard to show the favoured runners]
on the cards

quite possible; likely to occur

put/lay one's cards on the table

to divulge or declare one's intentions, position, resources, etc

[Middle English carde from Old French carte, prob from Old Italian carta leaf of paper, from Latin charta leaf of papyrus, from Greek chartēs]

card2noun

an implement or machine for carding fibres or raising a nap on cloth

[Middle English carde via Old French from late Latin cardus thistle, from Latin carduus]

card3verb trans

to cleanse and disentangle (fibres) with a toothed implement or machine preparatory to spinning

carder noun
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