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- trump [tr^mp]
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1.
n
null trump card
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2.
n
any card from the suit chosen as trumps
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3.
n
this suit itself; trumps
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4.
n
[informal]
a fine or reliable person
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5.
n
trump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
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6.
vb
to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to outdo or surpass
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8.
vt.
See also trumps trump up
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: variant of
triumph
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1.
n
null trump card
- trump [tr^mp]
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1.
n
[archaic or literary]
a trumpet or the sound produced by one
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2.
vi.
[intr]
to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
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4.
vi.
[intr]
[Brit]
[slang]
to expel intestinal gas through the anus
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5.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French trompe, from Old High German trumpa trumpet; compare
trombone
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1.
n
[archaic or literary]
a trumpet or the sound produced by one
Examples
- Draw your opponent's trump.
- 吊对手王牌。 → draw
- Donald Trump has business interests all around the world.
- 唐纳德·川普在世界很多地方均拥有股份。 → interest
- The candidate still has one more trump card to play.
- 候选人手里还有一张王牌。 → candidate
- Her influence with the mayor has been her trump card in the contest.
- 她跟市长的交情是她这次比赛的秘密武器。
- China's trump card is mass consumer goods.
- 中国的王牌就是有大量的消费品。
- 捏造罪名
- trump up charges → 捏造
- 你有几张主?
- How many trump cards do you have? → 主
- 诬告
- lodge a false accusation against; bring a false charge against; trump up a charge against → 诬
- 这可是我的杀手锏, 不轻易使用的！
- This is my trump card. I never use it easily. → 杀手锏
- “欲加之罪, 何患无词”, 你想诬蔑他简直是轻而易举的事情。
- If you are out to condemn somebody, you can always trump up a charge. It is a piece of cake for you to slander him. → 欲加之罪,何患无辞
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