whist

[US]/wɪst/
[UK]/wɪst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. тихий; спокойный
int. тсс!; тишина!
n. карточная игра
adv. тихо; спокойно
Word Forms
Pluralwhists

Phrases & Collocations

play whist

играть в вист

whist tournament

турнир по висту

Example Sentences

The Card Room seems to speak of a thousand games of whist and bridge and the Gold Room, especially as the westering sun burnishes its teak ceiling, is the ideal place for a pre-dinner sherry.

Комната для игр кажется, будто говорит о тысяче игр в whist и бридж, а Золотая комната, особенно когда заходящее солнце полирует ее тиковую потолок, - идеальное место для аперитива перед ужином.

to whistle a tune

напевать мелодию

to whist in surprise

ахнуть от удивления

to whist in disapproval

усмехнуться с неодобрением

to whist in agreement

усмехнуться в знак согласия

to whist softly to oneself

напевать тихонько себе под нос

to whist a secret

прошептать секрет

to whist a command

отдать команду

to whist a warning

предупредить

to whist a lullaby

спеть колыбельную

Real-world Examples

His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.

Его единственными развлечениями были чтение газет и игра в вист.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Whenever she was at the hotel there was a crowd of whist players in her suite.

Когда бы она ни была в отеле, в ее номере всегда собиралась толпа игроков в вист.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Well, we played whist while Driffield read books for review, and he used to sing" .

Source: Seek pleasure and have fun.

It was a mild, serene, midsummer's night, -the sky was without a cloud, the winds were whist.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

You know Scarlett was giving a big whist party yesterday afternoon with all those common ordinary women there.

Source: Gone with the Wind

The whist–players were quite absorbed in their game.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

" I shall do without whist now, mother" .

Source: Middlemarch (Part Four)

" Certainly, sir, " Aouda quickly replied;" I understand whist. It is part of an English education" .

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Aouda understood whist sufficiently well, and even received some compliments on her playing from Mr. Fogg.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Once seated at whist my aunt would pay no attention to me.

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

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