| 释义 |
according to hoyle
\-ˈhȯil, -ȯi(ə)l\ phrasal
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Edmond Hoyle †1769 Eng. writer and authority on games, whose treatises, especially on whist (1742), became famous
: in agreement with standard practice or rules : in conformity with accepted usage or with an accepted procedure or system : conventionally
< playing the game according to Hoyle >
< the girl did not behave according to Hoyle — Maude Hutchins > |