( playing card) [countable] oneofasetof52smallpiecesofthickpaperwithshapesorpicturesonthemthatareusedforplayinggames纸牌；扑克牌➨ WORD BUILDING 词汇扩充A deck of cards is divided into four suits, two red (hearts and diamonds) and two black (clubs and spades).一副扑克牌 (a deck of cards) 分为四种花色 (suit)。两套红色：红桃 (heart) 和方块 (diamond)，两套黑色：梅花 (club) 和黑桃 (spade)。Each suit has an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and nine other numbered cards. There is also an extra card, called the joker.每种花色均有一个 A (ace)，一个 K (king)，一个 Q (queen)，一个 J (jack)，还有九张从 2 到 10 的牌。除此之外还有王 (joker)。Before we play cards, we shuffle and deal the cards.打牌前先要洗牌 (shuffle)、发牌 (deal)。
