Word · Frequency #14687
trump
王牌；王牌花色
In card games, the suit or a card of the suit that outranks all others.
- 1.
The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
王牌花色,在纸牌游戏中胜过所有其他花色的花色
- 2.
The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
大象用鼻子发出的声音
- 3.
A playing card of that suit.
该花色的一张纸牌
- 4.
Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
使人占优势的事物,尤指留作后手的东西
- 5.
An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
一种古老的纸牌游戏,几乎与惠斯特相同,即拉夫牌戏
- 6.
A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
塔罗牌大阿卡那中的一张牌
杀手锏；秘密武器；象鸣；大象的叫声；大阿卡那牌；一种古老的牌戏（类似惠斯特）；王牌花色,在纸牌游戏中胜过所有其他花色的花色
In use
Her experience abroad gave her a trump in the job interview.
The coach still had one trump to play in the final minutes.
His greatest trump was the support of the audience.
be sb's trump card
常用于比喻优势或关键手段。
His experience was his trump card.
他的经验是他的王牌。
play a trump
He played a trump and won the trick.
他打出一张王牌赢得了这一墩。
come up trumps
意为意外成功，常用于非正式场合。
Despite the odds, our team came up trumps.
Connections
Collocations
- trump suit
- 王牌花色
- In this game, spades is the trump suit.在这个游戏中，黑桃是王牌花色。
- play a trump
- 打出一张王牌
- He played a trump to take the trick.他打出一张王牌来赢得这一墩。
- trump card
- 王牌；杀手锏
- The surprise witness was the defense's trump card.这位意外证人是辩护方的杀手锏。
- lead trumps
- 首攻王牌
- In bridge, leading trumps can be a good strategy.在桥牌中，首攻王牌可能是个好策略。
- hold all the trumps
- 握有全部王牌；占绝对优势
- They hold all the trumps in the upcoming election.他们在即将到来的选举中占绝对优势。
- turn up trumps
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 trump 记成 trumpet（喇叭）的简化：大象用鼻子发出 trump 的叫声，同时 trump 也是手里压轴的“王牌”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：card games、negotiations、competition trump 作名词时，多用于纸牌游戏，指“王牌”或“王牌花色”；由此引申出“占优势的事物、杀手锏”的意思，常见于谈判、竞赛或评论中。整体属中性用法，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均以 -ump 结尾，且与 trump /trʌmp/ 押韵：重读元音 /ʌ/ 加上 /mp/。注意形近词：trumpet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/ 和 tramp /træmp/ 与 trump 发音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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