单词 | deal |
释义 | deal deal1 /deel/, v. , dealt, dealing, n. v.i. 1. to occupy oneself or itself (usually fol. by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities. 2. to take action with respect to a thing or person (fol. by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers. 3. to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly. 4. to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (fol. by with): I can't deal with your personal problems. 5. to trade or do business (fol. by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars. 6. to distribute, esp. the cards in a game (often fol. by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal. 7. Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally. 8. Archaic. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often fol. by with): to deal with the Devil. v.t. 9. to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in. 10. to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player. 11. Cards. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces. 12. to deliver; administer: to deal a blow. 13. Slang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally. 14. Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team. 15. deal off, a. Poker. to deal the final hand of a game. b. Slang. to get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction. 16. deal someone in, Slang. to include: He was making a lot of dough in the construction business so I got him to deal me in. n. 17. a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating. 18. a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town. 19. a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign. 20. Informal. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal. 21. an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually prec. by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money. 22. Cards. a. the distribution of cards to the players in a game. b. the set of cards in one's hand. c. the turn of a player to deal. d. the period of time during which a deal is played. 23. an act of dealing or distributing. 24. (cap.) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal. 25. Obs. portion; share. 26. cut a deal, Informal. to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement: Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup. [bef. 900; (v.) ME delen, OE daelan (c. G teilen), deriv. of dael part (c. G Teil); (n.) in part deriv. of the v.; (in defs. 21 and 25) ME deel, del(e), OE dael] Syn. 3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 18. pact, contract. deal2 /deel/, n. 1. a board or plank, esp. of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes. 2. such boards collectively. 3. fir or pine wood. adj. 4. made of deal. [1375-1425; late ME dele < MLG or MD; see THILL] |
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