| 单词 |
manque |
| 释义 |
‖ manque|mɑ̃k|
[Fr., f. manquer to fail, lack: see quot. 1903.]
In roulette, the name of one section of the cloth covering the numbers 1 to 18; a bet placed on this section.
1850Bohn's Handbk. Games 348 The manque wins, when the ball enters a hole numbered eighteen, and all those under that number. 1885Capt. Palmer Monte Carlo & Rouge et Noir 8 The space for Manque is so marked on the table, and the ball stopping in any of the compartments containing any number up to 18 makes Manque win. 1903‘L. Hoffmann’ Card & Table Games (ed. 3) 626 If he places his money on Manque (so called because in this event the ball ‘fails’..to fall into a higher number than 18), he is considered to wager that the ball will fall into one of the numbers from 1 to 18 inclusive. 1923L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized ii. 279 To bet on both Passe and Noir or Rouge and Manque at the same time, two separate stakes would be required. 1953T. King 21 Games of Chance 31 In addition to the central strip of numbers, there are outer spaces marked Passe, Manque, Pair, Impair, Noir and Rouge. 1969J. Binstock Casino Administration vi. 72 This [sc. roulette] is played on a table with 37 numbers from zero to 36, the so-called ‘even chance’ bets being pair and impair, passe and manque, rouge and noir. |
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