whist

adj. 无声的；安静的

int. 嘘！；肃静！

n. 扑克牌游戏的一种

adv. 无声地；安静地

中文词源

whist 惠斯特（一种由两对游戏者玩的纸牌游戏）

词源不确定，一种说法来自whisk的拼写变体，搅动，洗牌，另一种说法认为来自古词whist,安静，拟声词，嘘声。

whist: 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.).

1. And when I'm gone -- Whist, darlin ', listen to me!: 等到我过世的时候 ---- 别响呀, 亲爱的, 听我说嘛!

4. There are six of us two too many for a game of whist.: 我们有六个人--要打惠斯特牌就多了两个人.

5. Through the centuries whist evolved and grew steadily in popularity.: 历经几个世纪的演化,它逐渐变得流行起来.