blackjack

blackjack — 名詞

1. a popular casino card game where each player tries to make their hand of cards a

1.名詞
釋義

二十一點

賭場常見的撲克牌遊戲，目標是接近21點

a popular casino card game where each player tries to make their hand of cards add up as close as possible to twenty-one, but never higher, in order to beat the dealer.

例句

Fadi learned to play blackjack on a cheap deck at his grandfather's kitchen table.

Fadi 小時候在爺爺家的廚房餐桌上，用一副便宜的撲克牌學會了玩二十一點。

play + blackjack (uncountable, no article)

Bram won eighty dollars at blackjack during her first night at the casino in Macau.

Bram 第一晚在澳門的賭場玩二十一點就贏了八十美元。

win at blackjack

同義詞
  • twenty-one

    another name for the same game, slightly old-fashioned in casinos.

  • pontoon

    British home version with slightly different rules; not used in casinos.

文法句型

play blackjack

win/lose at blackjack

用法筆記

Uncountable as a game name, so it takes no article in 'play blackjack' — just like 'play chess' or 'play poker'. The phrase 'a blackjack' would refer to the weapon (sense 2), not the game.

常見錯誤

❌I played a blackjack last night.
✅I played blackjack last night.
💡game names are uncountable; do not use 'a' before them.
❌She is good in blackjack.
✅She is good at blackjack.
💡use 'at' for skills and games, not 'in'.

2. a small heavy club, often a metal core wrapped tightly in leather or rubber, wit

2.名詞
釋義

短棍；皮棒

皮革或橡膠包裹的小型攻擊棍棒

a small heavy club, often a metal core wrapped tightly in leather or rubber, with a short bendy grip, swung to hit another person.

例句

The detective found a leather blackjack hidden under the front seat of the suspect's car.

警探在嫌犯車子的前座底下找到一支皮製短棍。

noun phrase: a/the + blackjack

In old American films, gangsters often knocked guards out cold with a blackjack.

在早期的美國電影裡，黑幫常常用一支皮包鐵棍把守衛打昏。

knock (someone) out with a blackjack

同義詞
  • cosh

    British equivalent; same weapon, different word.

  • club

    broader word; any heavy stick used to hit, not specifically the leather-covered kind.

  • truncheon

    longer wooden or rubber stick carried by police, especially British.

文法句型

hit/strike (someone) with a blackjack

用法筆記

Mainly American English; British speakers more often say 'cosh'. The weapon is small enough to hide in a coat pocket, which is why it appears so often in old crime stories.

常見錯誤

❌He carried a blackjack stick.
✅He carried a blackjack.
💡'blackjack' alone already names the weapon; adding 'stick' is redundant.

blackjack — 動詞