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A cardshark is someone who plays cards to take other people’s money, often by cheating. The picture is a hustler at the table, not a friendly family game. Though actually, English is messy here. Some American speakers also use it for a player who is simply very, very good — a hunter at the table, even if the cards are honest. British English has an older twin, card sharp, with the same cheat meaning; the two forms sit side by side, and people mix them. It is informal, and it is not a compliment.
老千(牌局騙錢的人)
組成card + shark. Shark here is a person who preys on others for money, as in loan shark — not the fish in the sea, though it is the same English word. Some writers think this spelling followed card sharp; treat that as a maybe.
同家族的字
- cardthe playing cards this person uses
- sharkthe human sense: someone who hunts others for money
- loan sharkthe same shark: a person who preys on people for money
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cardsharknoun
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Eggcorn of cardsharp.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。