deuce

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /djuːs/    美 /dus/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
    — You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
  2. The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
    — Love is a bodily infirmity […] which breaks out the deuce knows how or why
  3. A side of a die with two spots.
  4. Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
    — We had a deuce of a time getting here.
  5. A cast of dice totalling two.
  6. The number two.; A bowel movement (the event or the result). Canada,US,slang
  7. The number two.; A two-year prison sentence. Canada,slang
    — Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders.
  8. A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
  9. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  10. A curveball.
  11. A 1932 Ford.
    — And she was blinded by the light/Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.
  12. Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold). in-plural
  13. A table seating two diners. slang
  14. A twopence coin. archaic,slang
    — It was a shame of the chalk-takers to take their fee without even scoring one little mark; but chalk-takers are inexorable and must be paid their twopence. 'Down with your deuces', was the demand after each pair of birds had competed.
  15. Douche. euphemistic,slang

词形变化

deuces plural deuces plural

词汇关系

衍生词
acey-deucey big deuce chuck the deuces deuce coupe deuce court deuce less deuces wild deuce-to-seven lowball drop a deuce play the deuce with pop a deuce the deuce deuced the deuce you say what the deuce

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.
词源 2
Compare Late Latin dusius (“phantom, specter”); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse (“apparition, ghost”); or from Old French deus (“God”), from Latin deus (compare deity).
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