aces
王牌,王牌军,王牌特工,王牌特工队
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Definitions
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- : a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- : a single spot or mark on a playing card or die.
- : Also called serv·ice ace. a placement made on a service.any placement.a serve that the opponent fails to touch.the point thus scored.
- : a fighter pilot credited with destroying a prescribed number or more of enemy aircraft, usually five, in combat.
- : a very skilled person; expert; adept: an ace at tap dancing.
- : Slang. a one-dollar bill.
- : Slang. a close friend.
- : Golf. Also called hole in one. a shot in which the ball is driven from the tee into the hole in one stroke: He hit a 225-yard ace on the first hole.a score of one stroke made on such a shot: to card an ace.
- : Slang. a barbiturate or amphetamine capsule or pill.
- : a very small quantity, amount, or degree; a particle: not worth an ace.
- : Slang. a grade of A; the highest grade or score.
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aced, ac·ing.
- : to win a point against by an ace.
- : Golf. to make an ace on.
- : Slang. to cheat, defraud, or take advantage of: to be aced out of one's inheritance; a friend who aced me out of a good job.
- : Slang. to receive a grade of A, as on a test or in a course.to complete easily and successfully: He aced every physical fitness test they gave him.
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- : Sometimes aces . excellent; first-rate; outstanding.
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- : ace it, Slang. to accomplish something with complete success: a champion who could ace it every time.
Phrases
- ace in the hole
- ace it
- ace out
- hold all the aces
- within an ace of
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Thorne also worked closely with Double Negative, the visual-effects aces who worked on Interstellar.
Jones, it should be said, is also aces as the unfulfilled housewife (a role she plays very convincingly on Mad Men).
There are no winning hands, just a grim deck full of aces of spades.
Well, one of a couple aces in the hole, including the electoral map, which I write about below, in case you missed it.
He aces it, of course, and the commentator asks, “Was that a secret message?”
"Still, I seem to be holding four aces now," Moran grinned back at him.
He regarded his fate as does a card-player who day after day holds sixes and sevens when other men have the aces and kings.
It had fallen to Evelyn to provide her with a no-trump hand containing four aces, and she was disposed to be gracious.
When, later in the evening, he played bridge as the daughter's partner, he had a rush of hearts and aces to the hand.
The greater part of the captains did little; a few "aces" compiled huge lists of sunken tonnage to their credit (or otherwise).