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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

dice

英  [daɪs]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [C 可数名词] 骰子（古英语中，dice仅用作复数，单数为die；现在，dice既作单数，又作复数）

    A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, 'dice' was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now 'dice' is used as both the singular and the plural form.

    双语例句

    例：

    I throw both dice and get double 6.

    我掷出两个骰子，开了2个6点。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • no dice

    1. 徒劳 , 没运气 , 不行（用于拒绝要求）

    If you are trying to achieve something and you say that it's no dice, you mean that you are having no success or luck with it. If someone asks you for something and you reply no dice, you are refusing to do what they ask.

    双语例句

    例：

    If there'd been a halfway decent house for rent on this island, I would have taken it. But it was no dice.

    如果这座岛上有稍微像样的房子出租，我就租下来了。但连那样的房子都租不到。

    例：

    If the Republicans were to say 'no dice', the Democrats would think they have a campaign issue.

    如果共和党说“不行”，民主党就会认为这正好可以在竞选上大做文章。

    VERB. 动词

  • dices , dicing , diced

    1. [T 及物动词] 把…切成小块

    If you dice food, you cut it into small cubes.

    双语例句

    例：

    Dice the onion and boil in the water for about fifteen minutes.

    把洋葱切成小块，在水里煮15分钟左右。

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