ace

• n. 幺点；直接得分的发球；佼佼者；（俚）最好的朋友
• adj. 一流的，突出的
• vt. 以发球赢一分；击败
• int. 太棒了；太好了
• n. (Ace)人名；(英)埃斯

来自拉丁词as, 一，原指一种最低面值的铜币，后来受扑克牌A影响，表示王牌，优。

1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

"he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"

"they had lunch at one"

2. one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face

3. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

4. a serve that the receiver is unable to reach

ace

ace: [13] Ace comes from the name of a small ancient Roman coin, the as (which may have been of Etruscan origin). As well as denoting the coin, Latin as stood for ‘one’ or ‘unity’, and it was as the ‘score of one at dice’ that it first entered English.

ace (n.)

c. 1300, "one at dice," from Old French as "one at dice," from Latin as "a unit, one, a whole, unity;" also the name of a small Roman coin ("originally one pound of copper; reduced by depreciation to half an ounce" [Lewis]), perhaps originally Etruscan and related to Greek eis "one" (from PIE *sem- "one, as one"), or directly from the Greek word.

In English, it meant the side of the die with only one mark before it meant the playing card with one pip (1530s). Because this was the lowest roll at dice, ace was used metaphorically in Middle English for "bad luck" or "something of no value;" but as the ace is often the highest playing card, the extended senses based on "excellence, good quality" arose 18c. as card-playing became popular. Ace in the hole in the figurative sense of "concealed advantage" is attested from 1904, from crooked stud poker deals.

Meaning "outstanding pilot" dates from 1917 (technically, in World War I aviators' jargon, one who has brought down 10 enemy planes, though originally in reference to 5 shot down), from French l'ace (1915), which, according to Bruce Robertson (ed.) "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War" was used in prewar French sporting publications for "top of the deck" boxers, cyclists, etc. Sports meaning of "point scored" (1819) led to that of "unreturnable serve" (1889).

ace (v.)

"to score" (in sports), 1923, from ace (n.). This led in turn to the extended student slang sense of "get high marks" (1959). Related: Aced; acing.

Apple and other tech companies hold another ace: the technical means to keep making their devices more and more inaccessible.

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a soccer/flying ace

足球 / 飞行顶尖高手

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an ace marksman

神枪手

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He served 20 aces in the match.

他在这场比赛中发了20个爱司球。

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We came within an ace of victory.

我们差一点儿就要胜利了。

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We had an ace time.

我们过得真痛快。

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the ace of spades/hearts/diamonds/clubs

黑桃 / 红心 / 方块 / 梅花A

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...former motor-racing ace Stirling Moss.

前一流赛车手斯特林·莫斯

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...a really ace film.

精彩绝伦的电影

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The American served three aces in the opening game of the set.

这位美国选手在该盘首局有三次发球直得。

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'When I was an adolescent,' says a thirty-one-year-old man, 'I thought girls held all the aces.'

“当我还是个毛头小伙儿时，”一个31岁的男人说，“我觉得完全是女孩子说了算。”

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Our superior technology is our ace in the hole.

我们超众的技术是我们的法宝。

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He was intent on murder and he came within an ace of succeeding.

他一心想杀人并且差点就得逞了。

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...the ace of hearts.

红桃A

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I came within an ace of getting stoned.

我险些人事不省.

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That spare can of gas in the trunk was our ace in the hole.

后备箱里那罐剩余的汽油是我们最后的储备.

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He was within an ace of death / being killed.

他险些丧了命.

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When it comes to speaking English, she is an ace among aces.

要说起讲英语, 她可是强中之强.

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Angiotensin converting enzyme gene ACE is considered to be related to cardiovascular endurance performance.

血管张力素转化酶基因被认为与心血管耐力表现有关.

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The Ghanaian ace that Jose Mourinho wants him to add goals and flair to his midfield.

尼日利亚人知道穆里尼奥希望他来加强蓝军的攻击力和中场的实力.

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He's an ace in the computer field. It would be great if he could join us.

他是电脑界的一流能手. 如果他能加入我们那就太棒了.

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My brother is a table tennis ace.

我的兄弟是个乒乓球好手.

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