1 N-UNCOUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb] (牌戏中的)王牌，主牌 In a game of cards, trumps is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game. (牌戏中的)王牌，主牌
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Hearts are trumps.
红桃是主。
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…the ace of trumps.
主牌 A
2 N-COUNT (一张)王牌，主牌 In a game of cards, a trump is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as trumps. (一张)王牌，主牌
3 VERB 胜过;压过 If you trump what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better. 胜过;压过
SYN outdo, top, cap [informal] , surpass
4 PHRASE 王牌;绝招;杀手锏 Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone. 王牌;绝招;杀手锏
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In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card.
最后，10 个人上诉到最高法院：他们从一开始就认为这一招是他们的王牌。
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She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
她可能会威胁要拿出她的杀手锏：出自传来爆料糗事。
5 PHRASE 意外地胜利;意外地成功 If you say that someone came up trumps, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to. 意外地胜利;意外地成功 [British]
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