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1. N-COUNT A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed. 卡片

Check the numbers below against the numbers on your card. 核對下麪的數字是否和您卡片上的相符。

2. N-COUNT A card is a piece of cardboard or plastic, or a small document, which shows information about you and which you carry with you, for example to prove your identity. 身份証明卡

...they check my bag and press card. …他們檢查了我的包和記者証。

...her membership card. …她的會員卡。

3. N-COUNT A card is a rectangular piece of plastic, issued by a bank, company, or shop, which you can use to buy things or obtain money. 消費卡

He paid the whole bill with an American Express card. 他用美國運通卡支付了全款。

4. N-COUNT A card is a folded piece of stiff paper with a picture and sometimes a message printed on it, which you send to someone on a special occasion. 賀卡

She sends me a card on my birthday. 她在我生日那天送了一張賀卡。

5. N-COUNT A card is the same as a . 明信片

Send your details on a card to the following address. 將你的詳細信息寫在明信片上，寄到下麪的地址。

6. N-COUNT A card is a piece of thin cardboard carried by someone such as a businessperson in order to give it to other people. A card shows the name, address, telephone number, and other details of the person who carries it. 名片[商業]

Here's my card. You may need me. 這是我的名片。你可能會需要我。

7. N-COUNT Cards are thin pieces of cardboard with numbers or pictures printed on them which are used to play various games. 紙牌

...a deck of cards. …一副紙牌。

8. N-UNCOUNT If you are playing cards, you are playing a game using cards. 紙牌遊戯

They enjoy themselves drinking wine, smoking, and playing cards. 他們喝酒、抽菸、打牌，玩得不亦樂乎。

9. N-UNCOUNT Card is strong, stiff paper or thin cardboard. 硬紙片

She put the pieces of card in her pocket. 她把那些硬紙片塞進口袋裡。

10. →see also bank card , business card , calling card , credit card , debit card , gold card , greetings card , identity card , playing card , smart card , wild card

11. PHRASE If you say that something is in the cards, you mean that it is very likely to happen. 很可能發生

Last summer she began telling friends that a New Year marriage was in the cards. 去年夏天她開始通知朋友們她很可能在新年結婚。

12. PHRASE If you have your cards read, you have your fortune told by someone who uses playing cards or tarot cards to tell you about yourself and predict your future. 找人算命

The shop had a sign in the window: "Have your cards read here, $25."

那家商店的窗戶上有個招牌，寫著：“算命，$25”。

13. V to comb out and clean fibres of wool or cotton before spinning (紡紗前對毛線或棉線進行的)梳通清理