deuce

英 [djuːs]

美 [duːs]

n.  局末平分; 二点的纸牌; (用于问句中表示烦恼、厌恶)到底，究竟

复数：deuces　

经济

BNC.37704 / COCA.30753

牛津词典

noun

• 局末平分
  the situation when both players have 40 as a score, after which one player must win two points one after the other in order to win the game
• 二点的纸牌
  a playing card with two pips on it
  1. the deuce of clubs
     梅花二
• （用于问句中表示烦恼、厌恶）到底，究竟
  used in questions to show that you are annoyed
  1. What the deuce is he doing?
     他到底在干什么？

柯林斯词典

• (网球比赛中双方各得 40 分时的)局末平分（之后一方须连得两分方可获胜）
  Deuceis the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game.

英英释义

noun

• one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
  Synonym:two
• a word used in exclamations of confusion
  1. what the devil
  2. the deuce with it
  3. the dickens you say
  Synonym:devildickens
• the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
  Synonym:two2II
• a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

双语例句

• No, to tell you the truth, I was wondering what the deuce I could do this evening.
  不，说实话，我正不知道今晚能干些什么。
• That's my uncle deuce.
  那是我的叔叔杜斯。
• They've been at deuce twice in this serving.
  在这次的发球中他们已经两次平手了。
• Had a deuce of a time getting out of town; a deuce of a family row.
  离开城镇过了段倒霉的日子；家庭口角的不幸。
• How do they go to deuce every time?
  为何每次都打成平手。
• But who the deuce is he following?
  可是他在跟什么鬼呢？
• Oh, the deuce! then we shall pay the more, that's all, I see plainly enough.
  “噢，见鬼！”阿尔贝说，“那么我们得多付一点钱了，不过如此而已。
• The deuce! How could he possibly know what business we are doing without telling him?
  真见鬼了！你不告诉他他怎么会知道我们俩在做这个买卖那？
• I got to pass the deuce first.
  我必须得先通过考试。
• I only discovered it by accident, and I have been driving like the deuce to overtake you.
  我是碰巧发现你走了的，所以像鬼似地驾着车拼命地追，才赶上了你。