card game
card game — 名詞
1. any game that you play using a deck of cards, where each card shows a number or
紙牌遊戲
用一副牌依規則進行的遊戲
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.
撲克是一種紙牌遊戲，Rachid 是在貝魯特跟祖父學會的。
naming a specific card game
The children begged Esme to teach them a new card game before bedtime.
孩子們央求 Esme 在睡前教他們一種新的紙牌遊戲。
collocation: teach a card game
Snap is a simple card game that even four-year-olds can play and enjoy.
Snap 是一種簡單的紙牌遊戲，連四歲小孩都會玩、也玩得開心。
Every card game in the box came with its own small booklet of rules.
盒子裡的每一種紙牌遊戲都附有自己的小本規則手冊。
Salma invented a card game using two ordinary decks and a kitchen timer.
Salma 用兩副普通的牌和一個廚房計時器發明了一種紙牌遊戲。
- 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
牌局
一群人聚在一起玩牌的場合
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.
Élise 每個星期五晚上都在她的公寓辦一場輕鬆的牌局。
host a card game (the occasion)
The card game ran past midnight, and nobody at the table wanted to leave.
那場牌局一直玩到過了午夜，牌桌上沒有人想離開。
the occasion as subject
Ilan won twenty dollars at last night's card game in the office break room.
Ilan 在昨晚辦公室茶水間的牌局裡贏了二十美元。
After dinner, the whole family settled down for a long card game by the fire.
晚餐後，全家人在爐火旁坐下來，玩了一場很長的牌局。
Apinya brought snacks and drinks to the neighbours' weekly card game.
Apinya 帶了零食和飲料去鄰居每週一次的牌局。
- 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'.