play poker
poker 指“扑克牌戏”时是不可数名词,play poker 前不加 a。
They play poker every Friday night.
他们每周五晚上打扑克。
拨火棍;火钩;拨火棍;戳刺者;四张同点牌
a card game in which players bet on having the highest-ranking hand
拨火棍
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
扑克牌游戏
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
戳刺者
One who pokes.
四张同点牌
All the four cards of the same rank.
潜鸭的一种
A kind of duck, the pochard.
We stayed up late playing poker and eating snacks.
我们熬夜打扑克、吃零食。
用法提示:poker 是名词,指扑克牌游戏,在句中作 playing 的宾语。
She won a lot of money at the poker table last night.
她昨晚在牌桌上赢了很多钱。
用法提示:poker 是名词,这里作定语修饰 table,表示与扑克游戏相关的牌桌。
Do you know the rules of poker?
你知道扑克的规则吗?
用法提示:poker 是名词,指扑克牌游戏,在句中作介词 of 的宾语。
poker 指“扑克牌戏”时是不可数名词,play poker 前不加 a。
They play poker every Friday night.
他们每周五晚上打扑克。
表示在扑克牌戏中赢钱或输钱时,常用介词 at;这里的 poker 不加冠词。
He lost a lot of money at poker.
他打扑克输了很多钱。
poker 指“拨火棍”时是可数名词,可加 a/the 或用复数。
She stirred the fire with a poker.
她用拨火棍拨了拨火。
德州扑克是扑克的一种变体,不能在所有语境中直接替换 poker,但在日常口语中常特指这一玩法。
梭哈是扑克家族中的一种玩法,与 poker 整体概念不等同,具体指发牌和叫牌规则不同的扑克。
fire iron 是统称,可指整套拨火工具;poker 专指其中拨火的铁杆,使用范围较窄。
prodder 强调戳、捅的动作,poker 作名词指“戳的人”时含义相近,但 prodder 更常见于非正式用法。
动词 poker 意为“烙制”,与 brand 同义,但 brand 使用更广泛、更常用,poker 的动词用法较生僻。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like playing pokers.
正确表达I like playing poker.
扑克牌游戏在英语中是不可数名词,不能用复数形式。因此应去掉 's',用单数形式 'poker'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I pokered the fire to keep it going.
正确表达I poked the fire to keep it going.
名词 'poker'(拨火棍)派生出的动词 'poker' 并不表示“拨火”,而标准动词是 'poke'(拨、戳)。因此应使用 'poked'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like to hit poker with my friends.
正确表达I like to play poker with my friends.
汉语的“打扑克”中的“打”常被直译为 'hit',但英语中玩纸牌游戏用 'play'。因此应使用 'play'。
poker 是名词,指纸牌游戏扑克;poke 是动词,指“戳、捅”。表示动作时要用 poke,不要误写成 poker。
poker 指纸牌游戏扑克;poker face 是固定说法,指不动声色的表情。想说“扑克脸”时要加上 face,不能只说 poker。
打扑克
They often play poker on Friday nights.
他们经常在周五晚上打扑克。
扑克牌局;扑克游戏
The poker game lasted until midnight.
这场扑克牌局一直持续到午夜。
扑克脸;面无表情
She kept a poker face when she saw the bad news.
她看到坏消息时面无表情。
扑克筹码
I pushed a stack of poker chips into the center of the table.
我把一堆扑克筹码推到桌子中央。
一手扑克牌;牌型
We were each dealt a strong poker hand.
我们每人都拿到一手不错的扑克牌。
扑克锦标赛
He won first place in the local poker tournament.
他在当地扑克锦标赛中获得第一名。
root;同根词:poking
suffix;同后缀词:teacher, worker
扑克游戏中的核心动作之一,玩家根据手牌信心押上筹码。
扑克牌局中用于下注和计分的圆形代币。
扑克游戏使用的一整副扑克牌。
扑克中假装持有强牌以误导对手的行为,是常见策略。
扑克牌局常在赌场中进行,是相关的主要场所。
面无表情,不露声色
He kept a poker face when they announced the winner.
他们宣布获胜者时,他一直面无表情。
非常僵硬;过分拘谨
She stood as stiff as a poker during the official photograph.
拍官方照片时,她站得笔直,非常僵硬。
笔直的,直挺挺的
The old man walked with his back as straight as a poker.
那位老人走路时腰背挺得笔直。
不,他看不透我的扑克脸。
This lyric from Lady Gaga's 2008 hit 'Poker Face' made the term 'poker face' internationally famous; it means a blank, emotionless expression that hides what you are really thinking, like a poker player's neutral expression.
这句歌词出自 Lady Gaga 2008 年的热门歌曲《Poker Face》,让“扑克脸”一词风靡全球;它指像扑克玩家那样面无表情、不露声色的神态。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.