ace
noun[C]
uk/eɪs/us/eɪs/acenoun[C](PLAYING CARD)
one of the fourplayingcardswith asinglemarkorspot. The ace has thehighestorlowestvaluein manycardgames:
幺点的纸牌，A 纸牌the ace ofhearts/clubs/spades/diamonds红桃／梅花／黑桃／方块 A
Card games
- all in
- bidding
- blackjack
- busted flush
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- diamond
- flush
- jack
- pass
- pool
- queen
- re-raise
- rebid
- recut
- rookie card
- solitaire
- spade
- straight
acenoun[C](SKILLED PERSON)
informal
apersonwho is veryskilledat something:
擅长…的人，精通…的人；能手atennis/flyingace网球高手／王牌飞行员
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyenne
- historiographer
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- pundit
- pyrotechnician
- Renaissance man
- savant
- semiotician
- whizz
- wizard
- wonder
- wunderkind
acenoun[C](TENNIS)
intennis, aserve(= ahitof theballthatstartsplay)that is sostrongandfastthat the otherplayercannotreturntheball:
（网球）发球得分That's the third ace Lawson hasservedthismatch.那是罗森在这场比赛中第三次发球得分。
Tennis & racket sports
- advantage
- backhand
- ball boy
- ball girl
- baseline
- bird
- break
- break point
- code violation
- court
- double
- double fault
- groundstroke
- lob
- overhead
- squash
- sweet spot
- tramlines
- unseeded
- volley
acenoun[C](SEXUALITY)
informal
short forasexual: apersonwho does notexperiencesexualattraction(= thefeelingoflikingsomeonesexually):
On hisdatingprofile, he says he's an ace.
Aces arepartof theLGBT+community.
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Idioms
an ace upyoursleeve
come within an ace ofsomething
have/hold all the aces
ace
verb[T]
USinformaluk/eɪs/us/eɪs/to do very well in anexam:
…考得很好I was up allnightstudying, but it wasworthit - I aced mychemistryfinal.我熬了个通宵学习，倒是没有白费劲，化学期终考试我考得很好。
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- A game
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- bear
- go (like/down) a bombidiom
- go faridiom
- go from strength to strengthidiom
- go into orbitidiom
- go placesidiom
- grade
- kill
- rise
- scrape through(something)
- sewsomethingup
- slam dunk
- smash itidiom
- somewhere
- stand out
ace
adjective
uk/eɪs/us/eɪs/aceadjective(VERY GOOD)
old-fashionedslang
excellent:
第一流的，极好的He's an acebasketballplayer.他是一流的篮球运动员。
That's an acebikeyou've got there.你那辆自行车棒极了。
Synonyms
crack
first-rate
superold-fashionedinformal
top-notchinformal
Informal words for good
- A-OK
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- dank
- ill
- jim-dandy
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots offsomethingidiom
- like a bossidiom
- out of sightidiom
- safe
- shabby
- shit hot
- sight
- smashing
- some
aceadjective(SEXUALITY)
informal
short forasexual: notexperiencingsexualattraction(= thefeelingoflikingsomeonesexually), orrelatingtopeoplewho do notexperiencesexualattraction:
Lee'spartneris bi, but they're ace.
It tookquitea while before I wasreadytoembracemy aceidentity.
Within the acecommunitythere are many differentwaysthatpeoplecanidentify.
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