pinochle

英 ['piːnɒk(ə)l] 美

1. a card game played with a 48-card pack (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

pinochle (n.): also pinocle, 1864, Peaknuckle, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Swiss dialect Binokel (German), binocle (French), from French binocle "pince-nez" (17c.), from Medieval Latin binoculus "binoculars" (see binocular). Taken as a synonym for bésigue "bezique," the card game, and wrongly identified with besicles "spectacles," probably because the game is played with a double deck. Pinochle was popularized in U.S. late 1800s by German immigrants.

As a boy he was fascinated by games of all sorts, from pinochle to chess.: 童年时代,他就对从皮纳克尔(一种纸牌游戏)到象棋的各式游戏着迷.