card assembly

短语

词形变化

card assemblies 复数 card assemblies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A social event, sometimes organized regularly, at which guests play card games.

    废旧

    1768, Abraham Tucker (as Edward Search), The Light of Nature Pursued, London: T. Jones, Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 16, p. 244, We shall cease to measure others satisfactions by our own standard, or think nothing desirable to them which we would not choose for ourselves; but shall discern a variety of tastes adapted to the several conditions wherein men are placed […] There is as much mirth in the kitchin as the parlour, and as great diversion in a country fair or a cricket match as a card assembly or a ridotto.