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blackjack

/blak-jak/US // ˈblækˌdʒæk //UK // (ˈblækˌdʒæk) mainly US and Canadian //

二十一点,二十一点,二十一世纪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a short, leather-covered club, consisting of a heavy head on a flexible handle, used as a weapon.
    • : Cards. twenty-one. Also called natural. an ace together with a ten or a face card as the first two cards dealt.a variety of twenty-one in which any player can become dealer.
    • : black flag.
    • : a small oak, Quercus marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having a nearly black bark and a wood of little value except for fuel.
    • : a large drinking cup or jug for beer, ale, etc., originally made of leather coated externally with tar.Compare bombard.
    • : caramel or burnt sugar for coloring spirits, vinegar, coffee, etc.
    • : Mineralogy. a dark, iron-rich variety of sphalerite.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike or beat with a blackjack.
    • : to compel by threat.

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Examples

  • For instance, people bet themselves into bankruptcy at blackjack tables based on what they easily remember — big winners — rather than on the vast majority of losers.

  • He sent a similar text to a middle-aged blackjack player among very overt sexual messages.

  • Each den of sin has its selling points, but Puerto Rican casinos make good with $5 minimums at the blackjack tables.

  • Later, in the middle of a hot streak, the polo guy starts calling me “Miss 21, Miss Blackjack.”

  • Instead they keep at it, with Paul Ryan and old “Blackjack” Bennett pressing ever onward at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.

  • The problem was that I was a card counter: a professional blackjack player.

  • "Blackjack" Donnely had made that clear in his trial in Texas.

  • The next evening, "Blackjack" Donnely was shot down at the front door of his own home.

  • If that were so, he—or they—could make the late "Blackjack" Donnely look like a meek, harmless, little mouse.

  • The case, even at that point, might have ended with an acquittal or a hung jury, but Donnely wasn't through using his blackjack.

  • He bit off a chew from his plug of "blackjack," and with calm eyes surveyed the doom toward which he was rushing.