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deuce 1 AHD[do͞os, dyo͞os] D.J.[duːs, djuːs]K.K.[dus, djus]n.（名词）- Games 【游戏】
- A playing card having two spots or the side of a die bearing two pips.二点：有两个点的纸牌，骰子有两点的一面
- A cast of dice totaling two.掷骰子得到两点
- Sports A tied score in tennis in which each player or side has 40 points, or 5 or more games, and one player or side must win 2 successive points to win the game, or 2 successive games to win the set.【体育运动】 局末，平分，盘末平分：网球比赛中的一种平局在网球比赛中，比赛对方每方都有40分或者至少有五局，任何一方只有连得两分才算赢一局，或者要连赢两局才算赢一盘
v.tr.（及物动词）deuced, deuc.ing, deuc.es 【体育运动】 - To make the score of (a tennis game or set) deuce.使（网球比赛中）出现平局
- Middle English deus 中古英语 deus
- from Old French [two] 源自 古法语 [二]
- from Latin duōs [masculine accusative of] duo * see dwo- 源自 拉丁语 duōs duo的阳性宾格 * 参见 dwo-
deuce 2 AHD[do͞os, dyo͞os] 【非正式用语】 D.J.[duːs, djuːs]K.K.[dus, djus]n.（名词）- The devil:魔鬼："Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why"(Thackeray)“爱情是全然脆弱的…谁也不知道感情会如何或为什么发生突变”(撒克里)
- An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad:不幸，倒霉：明显的例子，尤指困难或坏事情：had a deuce of a time getting out of town; a deuce of a family row.离开城镇过了段倒霉的日子；家庭口角的不幸
- A severe reprimand or expression of anger:严责：严厉指责，生气：got the deuce for being late.因为迟到而受到指责
- Informal Used as an intensive:【非正式用语】 用来加强语意的词：What the deuce were they thinking of?他们到底在想什么
- Probably from Low German duus [a throw of two in dice games, bad luck] 可能源自 低地德语 duus [在掷骰子游戏中掷了两点，倒霉]
- ultimately from Latin duo [two] * see deuce 1最终源自 拉丁语 duo [二] * 参见 deuce1
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