whist: [17] The game of whist was originally called whisk, and it is generally assumed that the name came from the ‘whisking’ away of the cards after the tricks had been taken (whisk [14] itself was borrowed from a Scandinavian source that went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *wisk- ‘move quickly’). Charles Cotton, however, in his Complete Gamester 1680, said that it was ‘called Whist from the silence that is to be observed in the play’ (whist is also a now archaic exclamation meaning ‘be quiet!’).
whist (n.)
card game for four, 1660s, alteration of whisk, name of a kind of card game, alluded to as early as 1520s, perhaps so called from the notion of "whisking" up cards after each trick, and thus from whisk (v.). Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist "silent" (15c.).
雙語例句
1. And when I'm gone -- Whist, darlin ', listen to me!
等到我過世的時候 ---- 別響呀, 親愛的, 聽我說嘛!
來自飄（部分）
2. Bridge, poker and whist are card - games.
橋牌 、 撲克和惠斯特都是紙牌遊戲.
來自辭典例句
3. Are you in for this game of whist?
這場惠斯特橋牌你參加 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
4. There are six of us two too many for a game of whist.
我們有六個人--要打惠斯特牌就多了兩個人.
來自辭典例句
5. Through the centuries whist evolved and grew steadily in popularity.