mass noun
- a North American card game for two to four players, played with the thirty-two highest cards, the aim being to win at least three of the five tricks played尤克牌戏(北美的一种由2到4人取一副牌中最大的32张牌玩的牌戏, 胜者至少要在打过的5墩牌中赢得3墩牌)。
with obj.
1- (in such a card game) gain the advantage over (another player) by preventing them from taking three tricks(尤克牌戏中)阻止(另一玩家获得3墩牌)获胜。
1.1
- N. Amer. informal deceive, outwit, or cheat (someone)〈北美, 非正式〉欺骗, 蒙骗; 智胜:
the merchant can be euchred out of his caftan by hard bargaining.
可以通过艰苦的讨价还价从那商人手里把他的土耳其长袍弄到手。
1.2
be euchred
Austral. informal be exhausted or ruined〈澳, 非正式〉被耗尽; 被毁。
词源
early 19th cent.: from German dialect Jucker (spiel).