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.).
双语例句
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!
来自飘（部分）
2. Bridge, poker and whist are card - games.
桥牌 、 扑克和惠斯特都是纸牌游戏.
来自辞典例句
3. Are you in for this game of whist?
这场惠斯特桥牌你参加 吗 ?
来自辞典例句
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.
来自辞典例句
5. Through the centuries whist evolved and grew steadily in popularity.