card game
card game — noun
1. any game that you play using a deck of cards, where each card shows a number or
any game that you play using a deck of cards, where each card shows a number or picture and the rules decide how to win.
Poker is a card game that Rachid learned from his grandfather in Beirut.
naming a specific card game
The children begged Esme to teach them a new card game before bedtime.
collocation: teach a card game
Snap is a simple card game that even four-year-olds can play and enjoy.
Every card game in the box came with its own small booklet of rules.
Salma invented a card game using two ordinary decks and a kitchen timer.
- card
informal shorthand, as in 'a game of cards'
文法句型
play a card game
a game of [card game name]
用法筆記
Countable: you play 'a card game' and refer to specific ones by name (poker, bridge, snap). Distinguish from sense 2, which names the social occasion rather than the game itself.
常見錯誤
2. a social occasion when a group of people sit together and play with cards, usual
a social occasion when a group of people sit together and play with cards, usually for fun or a small bet.
Élise hosts a friendly card game at her flat every Friday evening.
host a card game (the occasion)
The card game ran past midnight, and nobody at the table wanted to leave.
the occasion as subject
Ilan won twenty dollars at last night's card game in the office break room.
After dinner, the whole family settled down for a long card game by the fire.
Apinya brought snacks and drinks to the neighbours' weekly card game.
- card session
more explicit about the occasion, slightly informal
文法句型
have a card game
a card game with [people]
用法筆記
Refers to the event, not the rules: 'the card game lasted three hours' describes how long people played, while sense 1 names which game they chose. Often takes 'have', 'host', or 'win at'.