ace
n
1 playing-card with a large single spot, usu having the highest or lowest value in card games 點的紙牌(通常在紙牌游戲中點數(shù)最高或最低): the ace of spades 黑桃.
2 (infml 口) person who is an expert at some activity 某些活動中的能手
[attrib 作定語]
an ace pilot, footballer, marksman, etc 王牌駕駛員, 足球健將, 神射手.
3 (in tennis) stroke, esp a service, that is too good for the opponent to return (網(wǎng)球賽中, 尤指發(fā)球)得分的一擊.
4 (idm 習語) (have) an ace up one's sleeve; US (have) an ace in the hole (infml 口) (have) sth effective kept secretly in reserve 暗中保留的王牌. play one's ace use one's best resource 使出絕招. within an ace of sth/doing sth very near to (doing) sth 差一點兒, 幾乎(做)某事
He was within an ace of death/being killed. 他險些喪了命.
?? 擴展釋義
*[eis]n. 幺點, 好手, 少許, 發(fā)球得分a. 一流的, 杰出的【計】 應答允許, 自適應計算機試驗, 自動呼叫設備, 自動執(zhí)行控制相關詞組: within an ace of... to trump sb's ace