a bilk in the crib
bilk 是克里比奇纸牌术语,作名词,指破坏对方在克里比奇纸牌区的得分。
The player's move produced a bilk in the crib.
该选手的一步棋在克里比奇纸牌区造成了对方失分。
(克里比奇纸牌戏中)使对方失分
bilks — plural of bilk
破坏某人在纸牌游戏中的得分。;赖帐者;骗子
the spoiling of someone's score in the card game cribbage
破坏某人在纸牌游戏中的得分。
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
In the last round of cribbage, her move was a bilk that knocked my score down to zero.
在克里比奇牌戏的最后一轮,她的那次出牌是一个让我失分的招数,把我的分数降到了零分。
用法提示:bilk 是名词,在句中指“让对手失分的一着”,用‘a bilk’作表语说明那次出牌的性质。
He had suffered many unexpected bilks, so he studied every possible move.
他已经遭受过多次意想不到的失分,于是仔细研究每一种可能的出牌。
用法提示:bilks 是 bilk 的复数形式,作 suffered 的宾语,指多次让对方失分的情况。
A single bilk at the last moment caused her to lose the game, though she had been leading.
最后一刻的一次失分让她输掉了比赛,尽管她之前一直领先。
用法提示:bilk 是名词,作主语,表示“导致失分的一着”,说明输掉比赛的原因。
bilk 是克里比奇纸牌术语,作名词,指破坏对方在克里比奇纸牌区的得分。
The player's move produced a bilk in the crib.
该选手的一步棋在克里比奇纸牌区造成了对方失分。
此结构中 bilk 后接 of 短语,说明被破坏的是谁的得分。
The bilk of his score gave her the advantage.
他的得分被破坏,这让她占了优势。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were two bilk in the game.
正确表达There were two bilks in the game.
英语可数名词 bilk 的复数形式是 bilks,数词 two 后必须用复数;汉语名词本身不标复数,学习者容易漏加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was surprised by bilk.
正确表达He was surprised by a bilk.
bilk 是可数名词,单数形式在句中作泛指时需要不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词系统,学习者容易漏掉。
拼写只差一个字母、读音也接近(bilk /bɪlk/ 对 bulk /bʌlk/),但 bulk 指“大部分、主体”或“体积”,也可作动词表示“使膨胀”,与纸牌游戏中“使对方失分”这一术语在意思上毫无重叠;谈到数量主体或体积时只能用 bulk。
读音仅元音不同,是最容易听混的一对;但 milk 作名词指“牛奶”,作动词指“挤奶”或引申为“榨取”,属于日常饮食和农事语境,绝不表示克里比奇纸牌里破坏对方得分。听到“奶、挤奶、榨取”就选 milk。
读音相近(balk /bɔːk/ 对 bilk /bɪlk/),且“阻挠”一义容易让人误以为可以替换;但 balk 是动词,通常接“计划、人”,强调当事人自己退缩或使某事受阻,而 bilk 在本义项是名词,专指克里比奇纸牌中破坏对方得分这一具体玩法术语,二者词性和使用场合都不同。(balk 在美式英语中也拼作 baulk。)
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