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单词 tarot
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Definition of tarot in English:

tarot

noun ˈtarəʊˈtɛroʊ
mass nounthe Tarot
  • 1Playing cards, traditionally a pack of 78 with five suits, used for fortune-telling and (especially in Europe) in certain games. The suits are typically swords, cups, coins (or pentacles), batons (or wands), and a permanent suit of trumps.

    (占卜和纸牌戏用的)塔罗纸牌

    tarot is a powerful way of revealing the truth about your life
    as modifier a tarot reading
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I did much reading about Reincarnation, Astrology, Magick, Divination and Tarot.
    • I make decisions easier now and don't agonize over them like I used to - the pendulum and Tarot have helped me greatly here.
    • The suits are only called what they are because they were common objects when the Tarot was originated - swords and staves, coins and cups, they're everyday items.
    • Our strengths include our commitment to truth and healing, our unconstrained support for one another, and the gift that is Tarot.
    • Some common examples are the Tarot, Runes, I-Ching, Ifa.
    1. 1.1 A card game played with tarot cards.
      塔罗纸牌戏
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Turns out its a part of a flash card set for kids to learn numbers and such, but the tarot reference got us talking about doing a Fisher Price tarot set, like Tarot for kids.
      • You and that beautiful woman - yes, yes, the one with the blue eyes - playing tarot with the French dudes.
      • The blank cards can be used as an alternative to following suit (rather like the fool in classic tarot games).
    2. 1.2count noun A card from a pack of tarot cards.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About two years ago whilst looking for a deck of Tarot cards, a strange man approached me and pointed out a box that I kept passing over.
      • "Great," She smiled, " I'm gonna go over and talk to her, maybe have her read my tarots".
      • If a tarot card gets ‘marked’ in some way, that can generally be considered a blessing on that card.
      • Investigators found a spent bullet casing and a handwritten message scrawled on the back of a tarot card that denotes death.
      • I bought a deck of Tarot cards in college and then gave them away.
      • I'm going to get out the Tarot cards again and give them a try.
      • When I first met her she was reading Tarot cards on a picnic table in the smoking area.
      • Ultimately I'd like to tweak techniques using Tarot cards to use runes instead, see how that goes…
      • She claimed to be able to sense the suit of a tarot card (Fire, Water, Matter, Air) through opaque barriers.
      • While visiting a friend who has a 2 year-old, I saw a card on the floor that looked like a tarot card.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from Italian tarocchi, of unknown origin.

Rhymes

arrow, barrow, farrow, harrow, Jarrow, marrow, narrow, sparrow, taro, Varro, yarrow

Definition of tarot in US English:

tarot

nounˈtɛroʊˈterō
the Tarot
  • 1Playing cards, traditionally a pack of 78 with five suits, used for fortune-telling and (especially in Europe) in certain games. The suits are typically swords, cups, coins (or pentacles), batons (or wands), and a permanent suit of trump.

    (占卜和纸牌戏用的)塔罗纸牌

    tarot is a powerful way of revealing the truth about your life
    as modifier a tarot reading
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I did much reading about Reincarnation, Astrology, Magick, Divination and Tarot.
    • Our strengths include our commitment to truth and healing, our unconstrained support for one another, and the gift that is Tarot.
    • The suits are only called what they are because they were common objects when the Tarot was originated - swords and staves, coins and cups, they're everyday items.
    • I make decisions easier now and don't agonize over them like I used to - the pendulum and Tarot have helped me greatly here.
    • Some common examples are the Tarot, Runes, I-Ching, Ifa.
    1. 1.1 A card game played with tarot cards.
      塔罗纸牌戏
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Turns out its a part of a flash card set for kids to learn numbers and such, but the tarot reference got us talking about doing a Fisher Price tarot set, like Tarot for kids.
      • The blank cards can be used as an alternative to following suit (rather like the fool in classic tarot games).
      • You and that beautiful woman - yes, yes, the one with the blue eyes - playing tarot with the French dudes.
    2. 1.2 A tarot card.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Investigators found a spent bullet casing and a handwritten message scrawled on the back of a tarot card that denotes death.
      • If a tarot card gets ‘marked’ in some way, that can generally be considered a blessing on that card.
      • When I first met her she was reading Tarot cards on a picnic table in the smoking area.
      • Ultimately I'd like to tweak techniques using Tarot cards to use runes instead, see how that goes…
      • I bought a deck of Tarot cards in college and then gave them away.
      • While visiting a friend who has a 2 year-old, I saw a card on the floor that looked like a tarot card.
      • I'm going to get out the Tarot cards again and give them a try.
      • She claimed to be able to sense the suit of a tarot card (Fire, Water, Matter, Air) through opaque barriers.
      • About two years ago whilst looking for a deck of Tarot cards, a strange man approached me and pointed out a box that I kept passing over.
      • "Great," She smiled, " I'm gonna go over and talk to her, maybe have her read my tarots".

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from Italian tarocchi, of unknown origin.

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