名詞 deuce:

1. a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
   同義詞：two, 2, II
3. a word used in exclamations of confusion
   同義詞：devil, dickens
4. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

1. Had a deuce of a time getting out of town; a deuce of a family row.
   離開(kāi)城鎮(zhèn)過(guò)了段倒霉的日子; 家庭口角的不幸
2. Got the deuce for being late.
   因?yàn)檫t到而受到指責(zé)
3. The deuce take it!
   該死！真倒楣！糟了！

deuce

n.（名詞）
Games
【游戲】
A playing card having two spots or the side of a die bearing two pips.
二點(diǎn)：有兩個(gè)點(diǎn)的紙牌，骰子有兩點(diǎn)的一面
A cast of dice totaling two.
擲骰子得到兩點(diǎn)
Sports A tied score in tennis in which each player or side has 40 points, or 5 or more games, and one player or side must win 2 successive points to win the game, or 2 successive games to win the set.
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】 局末，平分，盤末平分：網(wǎng)球比賽中的一種平局在網(wǎng)球比賽中，比賽對(duì)方每方都有40分或者至少有五局，任何一方只有連得兩分才算贏一局，或者要連贏兩局才算贏一盤
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
deuced,deuc.ing,deuc.es 【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】
To make the score of (a tennis game or set) deuce.
使（網(wǎng)球比賽中）出現(xiàn)平局

來(lái)源：
Middle English deus
中古英語(yǔ) deus
from Old French [two]
源自 古法語(yǔ) [二]
from Latin duôs [masculine accusative of] duo * see dwo-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) duôs [] duo的陽(yáng)性賓格 *參見(jiàn) dwo-

deuce
deuce 2

n.（名詞）
The devil:
魔鬼：
例句：
.Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why.(Thackeray)
.愛(ài)情是全然脆弱的…誰(shuí)也不知道感情會(huì)如何或?yàn)槭裁窗l(fā)生突變.(撒克里)

An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad:
不幸，倒霉：明顯的例子，尤指困難或壞事情：
例句：
had a deuce of a time getting out of town; a deuce of a family row.
離開(kāi)城鎮(zhèn)過(guò)了段倒霉的日子；家庭口角的不幸

A severe reprimand or expression of anger:
嚴(yán)責(zé)：嚴(yán)厲指責(zé)，生氣：
例句：
got the deuce for being late.
因?yàn)檫t到而受到指責(zé)

Informal Used as an intensive:
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 用來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)意的詞：
例句：
What the deuce were they thinking ofô
他們到底在想什么

來(lái)源：
Probably from Low German duus [a throw of two in dice games, bad luck]
可能源自 低地德語(yǔ) duus [在擲骰子游戲中擲了兩點(diǎn)，倒霉]
ultimately from Latin duo [two] * see deuce
最終源自 拉丁語(yǔ) duo [二] *參見(jiàn) deuce