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deuce 音標拼音: [d'us] n. 倒霉,晦氣;平分,平局 倒楣,晦氣;平分,平局 deuce n 1: a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [ synonym: { two}, { 2}, { II}, { deuce}] 3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; " what the devil"; " the deuce with it"; " the dickens you say" [ synonym: { devil}, { deuce}, { dickens}] 4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [ synonym: { deuce}, { two}] Deuce \ Deuce\ ( d[= u] s), n. [ F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See { Two}.] 1. ( Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game ( also reckoned " 40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game. [ 1913 Webster]
Deuce \ Deuce\, n. [ Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[^ u] z, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus ( cf. { Deity}).] The devil; a demon. [ A euphemism, written also { deuse}.] [ Low] [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " deuce": ace, best bower, bower, cards, clubs, craps, deck, diamonds, doubleton, dummy, face cards, flush, full house, hand, hearts, jack, joker, king, knave, left bower, pack, pair, picture cards, playing cards, queen, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, singleton, snake eyes, spades, straight, trey, trick, trump
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