英:[ˈpəʊkə(r)]
美:[ˈpoʊkə(r)]
英:[ˈpəʊkə(r)]
美:[ˈpoʊkə(r)]
复数:pokers
词根:poke
n.poke 戳;刺;袋子;懒汉
vi.poke 刺,捅;戳;伸出;刺探;闲荡
vt.poke 刺,捅;戳;拨开
noun (1)
one that pokesespecially: a metal rod for stirring a fire
noun (2)
any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his or her hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the pot
poker face一本正经的面容;面无表情的人
poker room扑克室(网络扑克游戏网站)
"the iron bar with which men stir the fire" [约翰逊], 源于 poke (v.),为1530年代的代词。中古英语 pokere(12世纪早期)可能意味着“储存或装袋谷物的人”(源于 poke(n.1))。
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Noun (2) probably modification of French poque, a card game similar to poker
The first known use of poker was in 1534
poke1 of 3noun
bag entry 1 sense 1a, sack
poke2 of 3verb
jab, prod poked me in the ribs
poke a stick at a snake
thrust entry 1 sense 2, stab
to produce by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing
poke a hole
to stick out or cause to stick out
poked her head out the window
to be nosy especially about things that do not concern one
to search over or through usually without purpose : rummage
poking around in the attic
to move slowly or lazily
they were just poking along home
poke3 of 3noun
a quick thrust : jab
poker1 of 2noun
one that pokesespecially: a metal rod for stirring a fire
poker2 of 2noun
a card game in which a player bets on the value of his or her hand
1 Me and Erlan were playing poker on the bench while the other kids ran around screaming.
2 He put the poker back and got the cushion out of Mother’s chair and gave it to Ben, and he hunkered down in front of the fireplace and got quiet.
3 If you lose at strip poker, you forfeit your undies.
4 “He ain’t gone get far,” I say, and I keep my grip on that poker.
5 So Kit, climbing up with the poker for a hammer knocked in the nail and hung up the cage.
于是吉特又爬上去,拿一根拨火棍当做铁锤,钉好钉子,挂上鸟笼。
6 “All right. As soon as we see that troll, we’ll kill him to death with your fire poker.”
7 We are too little acquainted with one another to do more than joke a bit and play poker or nap in the evenings.
8 A bunch of soldiers were sitting around a table playing poker, and there was real money in the center of the table.
9 Moreover, poker is spreading far beyond America.
此外,扑克还超出美国国界传到很远的地方。
10 He kept moving them from hand to hand as if they were a poker hand he could not figure.
11 I wanted him to get mad—to argue, to insist I was wrong—but instead he sat poker faced, drumming the arm of his chair with his pen.
12 Gabe took a break from his poker game long enough to watch me lug my mom’s bags to the car.
13 We chased the scotch with Tusker beers and played a round of poker.
14 Big blackjack and poker games went on in there around the clock.
15 She would sit and knit while we had our very proper lesson, no more poker or jokes, and afterward, she and the Captain would chat across my head.
16 “Two, three years ago, there was another girl here, slave like you. She talked back. Madam called her surly and took to beating her regular-like. One day she beat her with a fireplace poker.”
17 Poker was said to have inspired cold-war tacticians.
据说冷战军师时常能从扑克中获取灵感。
18 When it was his move, he pulled the visor way down and often rested his chin on his chest, almost as if he were a poker player secreting his cards.
19 Mrs. Weasley had appeared, holding a long poker like a sword.
20 He liked to play poker and golf and to drink and, most of all, to chase women; in fact, his sexual appetites were the stuff of legend.
1 火钳
2 通条
3 扑克牌
4 拨火棍
5 拨火棒