skat
skat — 名詞
1. a card game that originated in Germany, played by three people with thirty-two c
斯卡特牌
三人用32張牌玩的紙牌遊戲
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.
Rania 在山間小旅行時教朋友們如何玩斯卡特牌。
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.
大學的斯卡特牌社團每星期三都在學生交誼廳玩三人德式紙牌遊戲。
skat club plays three-player German card game
Mia learned skat from her grandfather, who played it for decades in Germany.
Mia 從祖父那裡學會了斯卡特牌，祖父在德國玩了幾十年。
Hana prefers skat over bridge because the three-player format creates more strategic bidding.
Hana 認為斯卡特牌比橋牌更好玩，因為三人玩法讓競標更有策略性。
Anya plays skat with her friends every Saturday afternoon at a café downtown.
Anya 每星期六下午都在市區咖啡廳跟朋友一起玩斯卡特牌。
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
牌底
斯卡特中供得標者調換的兩張牌
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.
Andrés 贏得競標後檢查了牌底，並換掉了兩張牌。
examine the skat after winning the bid
Rachid won the bid, took the skat, and found two aces to replace his weakest cards.
Rachid 贏得競標、拿起牌底，發現兩張 Ace 可以換掉他最弱的牌。
win bid → take skat → exchange cards
Otis won the bid, examined the skat, and replaced two cards with the ones inside.
Otis 贏得競標後檢查了牌底，用牌底中的牌取代了自己兩張牌。
Léa took the skat and found the king of clubs she needed to win.
Léa 拿起了牌底，發現裡面正好有她需要的梅花 K，讓她贏了這一局。
The skat lay untouched on the table while the players guessed which cards were hidden inside.
牌底原封不動地放在桌上，玩家們都在猜測裡面藏了哪些牌。
- 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.