dice
noun /daɪs/
/daɪs/
(plural dice)
Idioms - enlarge image(also die especially in North American English)[countable] a small cube of wood, plastic, etc., with a different number of spots on each of its sides, used in games of chance
骰子；色子 - a pair of dice
一对骰子 - to roll/throw/shake the dice
滚／掷／摇骰子 - You decide who’s going to start by throwing the dice.
通过掷骰子来决定谁先开始。 - You move forward according to the number on the dice.
根据骰子上的数字往前走。 - (figurative) It was a last desperate throw of the dice to save his marriage.
这是挽救他婚姻的最后一搏。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loaded
- play
- roll
- throw
- …
- game
- on a/the dice
- a/the roll of the dice
- a/the throw of the dice
- a pair of dice
- [uncountable] a game played with dice
掷骰游戏；掷骰赌博 - We played dice all night.
我们掷了一夜的骰子。
- We played dice all night.
词源Middle English: from Old French des, plural of de, from Latin datum ‘something given or played’, neuter past participle of dare.
Idioms
load the dice (against/in favour of somebody)
- to put somebody at an unfair disadvantage/advantage
使某人处于不公平的劣势/优势 - He has always felt that the dice were loaded against him in life.
他总觉得自己一辈子都背运。 - This is another attempt to load the dice in favour of employers.
这是又一次对雇主有利的尝试。
- He has always felt that the dice were loaded against him in life.
no dice
- (especially North American English, informal) used to show that you refuse to do something, or that something cannot be done
（表示拒绝做或某事做不成）不行，不成，没门儿 - He wanted $400 for it, so no dice.
他想要400美元，所以没有骰子。
- He wanted $400 for it, so no dice.
