trump
noun /trʌmp/
/trʌmp/
Idioms - (also trump card)[countable] (in some card games) a card that belongs to the suit (= one of the four sets in a pack of cards) that has been chosen for a particular game to have a higher value than the other three suits
（某些纸牌游戏的一张）王牌，主牌，将牌 - I played a trump and won the trick.
我打出一张主牌，赢了那一墩。
Collocations Dictionarytrump + noun- card
- suit
- I played a trump and won the trick.
- trumps[uncountable + singular or plural verb] (in some card games) the suit that has been chosen for a particular game to have a higher value than the other three suits
（某些纸牌游戏的）王牌花色，主牌花色 - What's trumps?
王牌是什么？ - Clubs are trumps.
梅花是主牌。
Collocations Dictionarytrump + noun- card
- suit
- What's trumps?
词源early 16th cent.: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.
Idioms
come up/turn up trumps
- to do what is necessary to make a particular situation successful, especially when this is sudden or unexpected
打出王牌；做有助于获得（意外）成功的事 - I didn't honestly think he'd pass the exam but he came up trumps on the day.
说实话我以为他考试及不了格，但是那天他发挥出色，考得不错。 - Just when we thought there was no hope, my parents turned up trumps with a large loan.
就在我们认为没有希望的时候，我父母拿出了一大笔贷款。
- I didn't honestly think he'd pass the exam but he came up trumps on the day.
Wordfinder
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