poker

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpəʊkə/    美 /ˈpoʊkɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
  2. 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. countable,uncountable
    — As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
  3. Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. US,colloquial
    — The very leaves on the horse-chesnuts[…]cling to the bough as if old poker was coming to take them away.
  4. A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. historical
  5. All the four cards of the same rank. countable,uncountable
  6. One who pokes.
    — The guy next to him poked him in the ribs and said, “Check out the bazongas on this one!” Lee pivoted toward the rib poker and found himself looking straight into the face of Romeo Bouchard.
  7. The scoring of four goals by a player in one match. countable,rare,uncountable
    — Greaves hit three hat-tricks, two pokers and five goals against West Brom on his way to a record-setting 41 league goals.
  8. A kind of duck, the pochard.
  9. A knife. Multicultural-London-English,slang
    — Key sense with the super-soaker Longest poker, leave man stressed like yoga
  10. A bedel (who carries a silver mace). UK,obsolete,slang
    — 1841, George John Daire, The Rime of the New-made Baccalere On seats with velvet lined, / Sat Heads of Houses in a row, / And Deans and College Dons below, / With a Poker or two behind.
动词 v.
  1. To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle. transitive
    — The King continued pokering the fire with his back to the door, and took no notice of Lord Chesterfield.
  2. To play poker.
    — Then we went to Mead's and pokered until morning.

词形变化

pokers plural pokers present,singular,third-person pokering participle,present pokered participle,past pokered past pokers plural pokers present,singular,third-person pokering participle,present pokered participle,past pokered past pokers plural

词汇关系

近义词
poker
上位词
card game game
下位词
poker variant
衍生词
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相关词
act (poker) when the chips are down three card brag
部分词
playing card poker hand poker player poker chip button bet (poker) position (poker) pre-flop flop turn river street pot main pot side pot

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English poke
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English poker
From poke + -er.
词源 2
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
词源 3
Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.
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