Word
boodle
钱；不义之财
informal terms for money
- 1.
informal terms for money
非正式用语,指钱
- 2.
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
一种赌博纸牌游戏:将筹码放置在(另一副牌中的)不同花色的A、K、Q、J上；玩家出最小的同花色牌,再依次出更大的牌直至序列停止；出牌与牌面相同者赢得该牌上的所有筹码
一种赌博纸牌游戏；非正式用语,指钱；一种赌博纸牌游戏:将筹码放置在(另一副牌中的)不同花色的A、K、Q、J上；玩家出最小的同花色牌,再依次出更大的牌直至序列停止；出牌与牌面相同者赢得该牌上的所有筹码；一群；一组
In use
He made a lot of boodle from his successful business.
The corrupt official was caught accepting boodle from contractors.
After the bank heist, the robbers split the boodle among themselves.
a boodle of + plural noun
表示‘一群、一伙’，常指人群或物品。
A boodle of protesters gathered outside the building.
一群抗议者聚集在大楼外。
the whole boodle
指全部钱款或财物，常用于非正式场合。
After the heist, they divided the whole boodle.
抢劫后，他们分掉了全部赃物。
some/much/lots of boodle
boodle 在此为不可数名词，意为‘钱’。
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
Used as an informal term for money; uncountable.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.