skat
skat — noun
1. a card game that originated in Germany, played by three people with thirty-two c
a card game that originated in Germany, played by three people with thirty-two cards — the players bid against one another for the right to pick a contract and then try to win it
Rania taught her friends how to play skat during their weekend trip to the mountains.
skat as a game that can be taught and learned
Every Wednesday the university skat club plays the three-player German card game in the student lounge.
skat club plays three-player German card game
Mia learned skat from her grandfather, who played it for decades in Germany.
Hana prefers skat over bridge because the three-player format creates more strategic bidding.
Anya plays skat with her friends every Saturday afternoon at a café downtown.
用法筆記
Skat is uncountable when naming the game itself, as in 'play skat' or 'a game of skat.' Do not use 'a skat' to mean a single round.
2. the two cards placed face-down in the middle during a game of skat, which the pl
the two cards placed face-down in the middle during a game of skat, which the player who wins the bidding round may pick up and exchange with cards from their own hand
Andrés examined the skat after he won the bid and exchanged two cards.
examine the skat after winning the bid
Rachid won the bid, took the skat, and found two aces to replace his weakest cards.
win bid → take skat → exchange cards
Otis won the bid, examined the skat, and replaced two cards with the ones inside.
Léa took the skat and found the king of clubs she needed to win.
The skat lay untouched on the table while the players guessed which cards were hidden inside.
- widow
a general term for reserve cards in many card games; 'skat' is specific to the game skat
用法筆記
Always used with the definite article ('the skat') in this sense. Refers specifically to the two reserve cards in the game of skat, not to a widow in any other card game.