dead man's hand

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pair of aces and a pair of eights (especially, the black aces and eights), in a player's hand.
    — "A dead man's hand or queens on the roof at least," suggested Southack. "They say two aces and two eights can never be beat."
  2. An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
  3. Other various hands, among them a full house of three jacks and two tens. obsolete
    — When playing poker, should you hold a jack full on red sevens, it means death, and is called "a dead man's hand".

词汇关系

近义词
kelter
相关词
dead man's fingers

词源

The aces and eights sense is from a legend that Wild Bill Hickok was holding such cards at the time he was killed in 1876.
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