ace
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
- 2.
(dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
- 3.
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
- 4.
(US, slang)A dollar bill.
- 5.
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Đồng nghĩa: ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
- 6.
(tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
- 7.
(sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- 8.
(US)(US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
- 9.
(US, dated, obsolete)(US, baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
- 10.
(US)(US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
- 11.
(attributive, sometimes)(sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
an ace detective
Đồng nghĩa: expert, wiz, adept, ace, artist, buff, crackerjack, crack hand, dab, dab hand, dabster, don hand, expert, Jedi Master, master, maven, old hand, old soldier, old stager, past master, proficient, top gun, whiz, wiz, wizard, veteran
- 12.
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(US, informal, transitive)To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
Đồng nghĩa: ace out
- 2.
(US, ambitransitive, informal)To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
Đồng nghĩa: ace out
- 3.
(ambitransitive)(ambitransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
- 4.
(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(UK, slang)Excellent.
Đồng nghĩa: excellent, first-rate, outstanding
- 2.
(slang)Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
“I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”
Đồng nghĩa: asexy
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Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage), probably borrowed from -. as.