| 释义 |
ace/eis/ n. & adj.●n. 1a a playing card, domino, etc., with a single spot and generally having the value ‘one’ or in card games the highest value in each suit (纸牌)A ，“爱斯”，(骨牌)幺点 b a single spot on a playing card etc. (纸牌等上的)1 点 2a a person who excels in some activity (某一行的)第一流好手 b a pilot who has shot down many enemy aircraft (击落多架敌机的)王牌飞行员 3 Tennis etc. 【网球】a a service that is too good for the opponent to return 发球直接得分，爱斯球 b a point scored in this way 爱斯球所得的一分 4 Golf a hole in one 【高尔夫球】一杆入洞 ●adj. slang excellent [俚语]极好的，一流的 □ ace up one's sleeve (or N. Amer. [北美] in the hole) something effective kept in reserve 暗藏绝招；锦囊妙计 □ play one's ace use one's best resource 打出王牌，使出绝招 □ within an ace of on the verge of 接近，濒临，濒于 [Middle English via Old French from Latin as ‘unity’, AS2] |