Why should whist, the name of a card game that has been known only since the 17th century, be spelled with wh -?
为什么这个从17世纪才为人所知的纸牌游戏的名字会叫whist,拼写为wh -呢?
The whist party soon afterwards breaking up, the players gathered round the other table, and Mr. Collins took his station between his cousin Elizabeth and Mrs. Philips.
“惠斯脱”牌散场了,玩牌的人都围到另一张桌子上来,柯林斯先生站在他的表妹伊丽莎白和腓力普太太之间。
The Card Room seems to speak of a thousand games of whist and bridge, and Gold Room is the ideal place for a pre-dinner sherry.
纸牌室似乎讲述着惠斯特牌与桥牌的上千种玩法,而金厅正是饮用餐前雪梨酒的最佳去处。
He heard nothing of the Countess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, and though he met Beaufort at the club they merely nodded at each other across the whist-tables.
他没有听到奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人或那所理想的小房子的任何消息,尽管他在俱乐部遇见过博福特,但他们仅仅隔着几张牌桌互相点了点头而已。
Bridge, poker and whist are card-games.
桥牌、扑克和惠斯特是纸牌游戏。
He heard nothing of theCountess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, andthough he met Beaufort at the club they merely noddedat each other across the whist-tables.
他没有听到奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人或那所理想的小房子的任何消息,尽管他在俱乐部遇见过博福特,但他们仅仅隔着几张牌桌互相点了点头而已。
The Card Room seems to speak of a thousand games of whist and bridge and the Gold Room, especially as the westering sun burnishes its teak ceiling, is the ideal place for a pre-dinner sherry.
纸牌室似乎象征着惠斯特牌与桥牌的上千种玩法;而金厅,特别是当西落的太阳辉映在柚木天花板上时,那正是饮餐前雪利酒的理想场所。
The Card Room seems to speak of a thousand games of whist and bridge and the Gold Room, especially as the westering sun burnishes its teak ceiling, is the ideal place for a pre-dinner sherry.
纸牌室似乎象征着惠斯特牌与桥牌的上千种玩法;而金厅,特别是当西落的太阳辉映在柚木天花板上时,那正是饮餐前雪利酒的理想场所。
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