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单词 card
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cardnoun

uk/kɑːd/us/kɑːrd/

card noun (PERMISSION)

B1 [ C ] a small, rectangular piece of card or plastic, often with your signature, photograph, or other information proving who you are, that allows you to do something, such as make a payment, get money from a bank, or enter a particular place:

I don't have any cash - can I put this on (= pay using) my (credit/charge) card?
A lot of shops won't accept cheques unless you have a cheque card with you.
The bank's closed now, but I can get some money out with my (cash) card.
I don't have any change for the phone but I do have a (phone) card, if that's of any use.
You usually have to show your (membership) card at the door.
See also
phone card
railcard
scorecard

More examples

  • This credit card allows you to withdraw up to £200 a day from cash dispensers.
  • Unfortunately, I didn't have my credit card with me or I'd certainly have bought it.
  • Put your plastic card in the slot, and the machine will read it and identify who you are.
  • Entry to the club is only permitted on production of a membership card.
  • The introduction of identity cards has been opposed by the campaign for civil liberties.

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Payment methods

  • ATM card
  • baksheesh
  • bank card
  • bill
  • blank cheque
  • cash
  • cash card
  • cashpoint card
  • certified cheque
  • direct debit
  • giro
  • gratuity
  • hush money
  • per annum
  • piece
  • small change
  • standing order
  • sweetener
  • traveller's cheque
  • voucher

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card noun (GAME)

A2 [ C ] also playing card one of a set of 52 small rectangular pieces of stiff paper each with a number and one of four signs printed on it, used in games:

After dinner, Ted got out a pack of cards
John shuffled (= mixed up) the cards before he dealt them (out) (= gave them to the players).
Whist is my favourite card game.
a card table
cards A2 [ plural ]

any of a range of games played with cards, such as poker, whist, and bridge:

I've never been much good at cards.
Shall we have a game of/play cards?

More examples

  • We played cards all evening.
  • I bought a new pack of cards.
  • I had really good cards in my hand.
  • I dealt the cards to all the players.
  • She laid all her cards face up on the table.

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Card games

  • bridge
  • canasta
  • card sharp
  • deal
  • dealer
  • diamond
  • discard
  • flush
  • grand slam
  • jack
  • joker
  • pool
  • royal flush
  • rummy
  • shuffle
  • singleton
  • solitaire
  • stick
  • strip poker
  • suit

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card noun (GREETINGS)

A2 [ C ] a rectangular piece of stiff paper, folded in half, with a picture on the front and often a message printed inside, sent on a special occasion:

anniversary/get-well cards
It's Steve's birthday on Thursday - I must send him a card.

[ C ] a postcard

More examples

  • I've circulated a good luck card for everyone to sign.
  • He's so cheap he didn't even buy me a card for my birthday.
  • I wonder who this card is from.
  • Even if she didn't want to send a present, she could at least have sent a card.
  • I had posted the card two months previously.

card noun (INFORMATION)

B1 [ C ] a small, rectangular piece of stiff paper with information printed on it, especially a person's job title, business address, and phone number:

Here, let me give you my (business) card.

More examples

  • She handed me a business card with her name neatly embossed on it.
  • He has all his friends' names and addresses on a card index.

card noun (STIFF PAPER)

[ C or U ] (a piece of) thick stiff paper

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Publishing: paper & stationery

  • A3
  • A5
  • acid-free
  • assembler
  • ballpoint pen
  • grammage
  • graph paper
  • headed notepaper
  • highlighter
  • jotter
  • keypad
  • pencil
  • qwerty
  • ream
  • rice paper
  • rough paper
  • scrap paper
  • slate
  • tissue
  • watermark

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card noun (COMPUTER)

B1 [ C ] a thin plate inside a computer that contains very small electronic circuits and controls certain operations of the computer:

a graphics/sound card

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Computer hardware

  • 3-D printer
  • blackberry
  • brick
  • bubblejet
  • codec
  • handheld
  • joypad
  • Macintosh
  • micro
  • microcomputer
  • motherboard
  • mouse
  • ram
  • shift key
  • tablet
  • toggle
  • trackball
  • underscore
  • VDT
  • word processor

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card noun (PERSON)

[ C ] old-fashioned informal a funny or strange person:

You're such a card, Patrick!

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Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people

  • alien
  • anomaly
  • Dalek
  • deviant
  • dwarf
  • fairy
  • Frankenstein
  • Martian
  • monster
  • mutant
  • oddball
  • oddity
  • perv
  • quirk
  • screwball
  • time traveller
  • twilight
  • twilight zone idiom
  • wacko
  • weirdo

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Idiom(s)

be on the cards
your best/strongest/trump card
have a card up your sleeve
keep/hold your cards close to your chest
put/lay your cards on the table

cardverb [ T ]

uk/kɑːd/us/kɑːrd/US

to ask someone to show you a document, especially an identity card, in order to prove how old they are

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Questioning people & asking questions in general

  • beat
  • bombard
  • canvass
  • cross-question
  • debrief
  • desk research
  • enquiry
  • feel sb/sth out
  • grilling
  • interrogate
  • interview
  • interviewee
  • opinion poll
  • pin
  • Q, q
  • questioner
  • questioning
  • roll
  • what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
  • worm

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cardnoun [ C ]

uk/kɑːd/us

COMMERCE, BANKING a small rectangular piece of plastic given to a customer by a bank or store that allows them to make payments, take money from their account, etc.:

pay with a/use a/pay by card You can pay by credit or debit card.
Most businesses won't accept cheques without a card.
He lost his wallet and had to cancel all his cards.
Would you rather pay cash or put it on your card?
When she tried to get money from the machine, her card was refused.

WORKPLACE a small piece of plastic or stiff paper with your signature, photograph, and often other electronic information on it that proves who you are, allows you to enter a particular place, etc.:

You have to swipe your card to get into the building.
The new style of driver's licence comes with a photo ID card.

also business card WORKPLACE, MEETINGS a small card that has your name, company name, and the job you do printed on it:

He shook my hand politely and gave me his card.

IT a small electronic object that is part of a computer or can be connected to it, making it able to do a particular thing:

If you have your own computer, you can hire ethernet cards from the college to connect to the network.
An audio interface can be a simple card that plugs into your computer to allow you to route the sound out to your speakers.

See also

affinity card
bank card
cash card
charge card
cheque card
credit card
debit card
expansion card
gold card
graphics card
green card
greetings card
ID card
identity card
index card
loyalty card
membership card
memory card
network card
payment card
railcard
SIMM
smart card
sound card
store card
stored value card
swipe card
time card
top-up card
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