| 释义 |
chi·cane
I. \shə̇ˈkān, chə̇-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French chicaner, from Middle French, to quibble, prevent justice
intransitive verb
: to use chicanery : employ shifts, subterfuges, or artifices
< a wretch he had taught to lie and chicane — George Meredith >
transitive verb
: to cavil at : quibble over; also : trick, cheat, dupe
< he chicaned the widow out of her property >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from chicaner
1.
a. : deception usually by legalistic subterfuge : chicanery
< the lawyer is exclusively occupied with the details of predatory fraud, either in achieving or checkmating chicane — Thorstein Veblen >
b. : an instance of chicane : subterfuge, quibble
2. : an obstacle especially on a racecourse
3. : the absence of any trumps in a hand of cards just dealt, in some forms of bridge formerly scoring as simple honors
Synonyms: see deception
III. adjective
Etymology: chicane (II)
1. : having no trumps — used of a player or his hand of cards
2. slang : having no money : broke
IV. noun
: a series of tight turns in opposite directions in an otherwise straight stretch of a road-racing course |