早安英文 第630期:洗牌不是wash the card

黑桃 spade

红桃 heart

梅花 club

方块 diamond

Shuffle¹ 洗牌

Shuffle is a word used a lot in poker²

I shuffle the cards before playing.

我玩牌之前，先洗了下牌。

Ante 赌注

The minimum Ante is 500$.

这场最小赌注500美元起？

Open 开局

He opened with the first bet of 1000 dollars.

他以1000 美元开始了第一轮的赌注。

Raise 加价

Mumu bet 100 I will raise her and bet 200.

木木赌100..然后我给她加到200。

All in 全押

Going all in means you bet everything in this round.

意思就是把所有的赌注都押在这一轮。

Bluffing³ 虚张声势

Bluffing is to make someone believe that you have a bad card or a good card, to achieve thisyou have to be really good at reading people and also controlling your facial expressions.

这就是要让人们相信你有一副特别好，或者特别差的牌，你就需要特别会看别人的脸色，也要懂得如何做到不露声色。

Poker face 扑克脸

Having a poker face means your face is expressionless.

通常指在牌类游戏中，拿到的牌无论好坏都不动声色且无面部表情的人的行为，作用是为了达到让对手无法通过脸色来看穿自己。

1 shuffle   

n.拖著脚走，洗纸牌；v.拖曳，慢吞吞地走

参考例句：

• I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
• Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。

2 poker   

n.扑克；vt.烙制

参考例句：

• He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
• I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

3 bluffing   

n. 威吓，唬人 动词bluff的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I don't think he'll shoot—I think he's just bluffing. 我认为他不会开枪—我想他不过是在吓唬人。
• He says he'll win the race, but he's only bluffing. 他说他会赢得这场比赛，事实上只是在吹牛。