| 釋義 |
ace /eis; es/ n [C] 1 the one on dice, on (playing-) cards or dominoes (cthese words): card so marked: (骰子,紙牌或骨牌上的)么點(diǎn)(參看 dice, card, domino 各字); 么點(diǎn)牌: the ~ of spades. 黑桃牌之么點(diǎn); 黑桃愛斯。 an ace in the hole, (US sl, from the game of poker) sth held in reserve, likely to turn failure into success. (美俚,源于撲克牌戲)保留著用以轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝之事物; 扭轉(zhuǎn)乾坤之王牌。 2 (colloq) person who is first-rate or expert at sth, esp an airman or a driver of racing cars. (俗)第一流人才或?qū)<? (尤指)第一流飛行員或賽車駕駛員; 能手。 3 within an ace of, failing, escaping, by a narrow margin: 差一點(diǎn); 幾乎: within an ace of death/of being killed. 死里逃生(險(xiǎn)些喪命)。 |