Word · Frequency #25884
whist
惠斯特牌戏
a card game for four players in two partnerships, scoring a point for each trick taken in excess of six
- 1.
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
类似桥牌的多种四人纸牌游戏之一；惠斯特牌戏。
- 2.
A session of playing this card game.
玩惠斯特牌戏的一局。
类似桥牌的多种四人纸牌游戏之一；惠斯特牌戏。；玩惠斯特牌戏的一局。
In use
My grandfather taught me to play whist when I was ten.
Whist is a fun card game to play with three friends.
The community center is hosting a whist tournament this weekend.
play whist
“whist”通常作不可数名词，前面不加冠词。
They often play whist on Sunday evenings.
他们经常在周日晚玩惠斯特牌戏。
a game of whist
表示“一局”时，用“a game of”结构。
Would you like a game of whist?
你想来一局惠斯特牌戏吗？
whist player
“whist”可直接放在名词前作定语，如“whist player”。
She is a skilled whist player.
Connections
Collocations
- play whist
- 打惠斯特牌
- Every Friday night, the four of us play whist until midnight.我们四人每周五晚上打惠斯特牌直到午夜。
- a game of whist
- 一局惠斯特牌
- Would you like to join us for a game of whist?你愿意和我们一起打一局惠斯特牌吗？
- whist drive
- 惠斯特牌循环赛
- The village hall hosts a whist drive every month.村礼堂每月举办一次惠斯特牌循环赛。
- a rubber of whist
- 一盘惠斯特牌（三局两胜）
- They played a rubber of whist after dinner.晚餐后他们打了一盘惠斯特牌。
Confusing words
- wist
- 知道（古语，wit 的过去式） · whist 是惠斯特牌戏（名词），以 -st 结尾；wist 是古英语动词“知道”的过去式，拼写比 whist 少一个 h，词性和意义完全不同。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Whist 音近“惠斯特”，记住四人两对打牌，赢超六墩得分。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：card game descriptions、historical texts about games whist 作为名词指一种四人玩的纸牌游戏，通常出现在牌戏介绍或历史类文本中，日常口语较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All the words above share the same stressed vowel and following sounds /ɪst/, so they rhyme with whist (/hwɪst/ or /wɪst/). Wrist is a lookalike that can mislead: its initial w is silent, so it is pronounced /rɪst/, not /wɪst/. Also note that whist starts with wh, which some speakers pronounce /hw/ and others /w/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.