单词 | whist |
释义 | whist whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655-65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed; silent; still. n. 3. Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist. v.i. 4. Brit. Dial. to be or become silent. v.t. 5. Brit. Dial. to silence. Also, whisht. [1350-1400, ME; imit.] |
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