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词汇 whist
释义 whist
noun[ U ]
 gamesuk /wɪst/ us /wɪst/
a card game played between two pairs of players in which each side tries to win more cards than the other惠斯特纸牌戏
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Card games
all in
bidding
blackjack
bridge
busted flush
canasta
card sharp
deal
diamond
honour
jack
pool
queen
re-raise
rebid
recut
rookie card
solitaire
spade
straight

Examples of whist


whist
Progressive whist is considered to be a game of chance, presumably largely because the partners are shuffled as well as the cards.
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Its second purpose is to make legal small card games, particularly the whist drive.
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People have told me they are sick and tired of getting up whist drives to pay for their children's education.
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There have been a number of judicial decisions to the effect that whist drives held under certain conditions are unlawful.
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The questions raised now are, is it desirable to legalise small whist drives, and.
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The object of the exercise is that there should be a number of small whist drives which are held all over, say, the county.
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It is an exception primarily to assist the holding of whist drives, and as such, it is an exception to the present law.
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It used to be pontoon and solo whist and games of that kind.
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I went into a vast room where there were quantities of whist tables with parties, sometimes of men and sometimes of women, sitting round them.
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I have in mind particularly such games as whist, bridge and the like.
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We can play any game we like, and the old ladies can play their whist, and the rest of us can get on.
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There are masses of old ladies dependent for their pleasure on whist.
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This is not a farm lobby mourning local bus services to go to whist drives.
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This is an innocent request, and these games should be permitted, particularly whist, solo whist and rummy.
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These considerations apply also in respect of whist.
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