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chicane vi.
vt. 詐騙
n. 詐騙,無王牌的一手牌 詐騙詐騙,無王牌的一手牌 chicane n 1: a bridge hand that is void of trumps 2: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file 3: the use of tricks to deceive someone ( usually to extract money from them) [ synonym: { trickery}, { chicanery}, { chicane}, { guile}, { wile}, { shenanigan}] v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [ synonym: { cheat}, { chouse}, { shaft}, { screw}, { chicane}, { jockey}] 2: raise trivial objections [ synonym: { cavil}, { carp}, { chicane}] Chicane \ Chi* cane"\, v. i. [ Cf. F. chicaner. See { Chicane}, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
Chicane \ Chi* cane"\, n. [ F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall ( F. { mail}), fr. LGr. ? the game of mall, fr Pers chaug[= a] n club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.] 1. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] To shuffle from them by chicane. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. -- Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " chicane": artifice, bamboozle, befool, cavil, chicanery, dishonesty, double- dealing, feint, flimflam, fool, fraud, furtiveness, gambit, gull, hanky- panky, hoax, hoodwink, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sharp practice, stratagem, surreptitiousness, trick, trickery, underhandedness, victimize, wile
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