Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense trumps, present participle trumping, past tense, past participle trumped
1N-UNCOUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb](牌戲中的)王牌,主牌 In a game of cards, trumps is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game. (牌戲中的)王牌,主牌
Hearts are trumps.
紅桃是主。
…the ace of trumps.
主牌 A
2N-COUNT (一張)王牌,主牌 In a game of cards, a trump is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as trumps. (一張)王牌,主牌
He played a trump.
他吊主。
3VERB 勝過;壓過 If you trump what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better. 勝過;壓過
The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan. [VERB noun]
社會黨黨員設法用他們的口號把它壓過去。
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has trumped Lloyds by raising its offer. [VERB noun]
4PHRASE 王牌;絕招;殺手锏 Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone. 王牌;絕招;殺手锏
In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card.
最後,10 個人上訴到最高法院:他們從一開始就認爲這一招是他們的王牌。
She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
她可能會威脅要拿出她的殺手锏:出自傳來爆料糗事。
5PHRASE 意外地勝利;意外地成功 If you say that someone came up trumps, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to. 意外地勝利;意外地成功 [British]
Dwayne has come up trumps with a goal worthy of winning any match.