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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- whist
[hwɪst]
[wɪst]
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noun
[纸牌]
惠斯特(类似桥牌的一种四人玩的牌戏)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- whist
[wɪst]
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n
a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge
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n
[Etymology]
C17: perhaps changed from whisk, referring to the sweeping up or whisking up of the tricks
- whist
[hwist]
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vb
a variant of whisht
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