Gambler
['gæmblə(r)] or ['gæmblɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.
(noun.) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement.
录入:朱莉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who gambles.
手打:弗拉德
同义词及近义词：
n. Gamester, blackleg.
校对:西蒙
娱乐性解释：
From the Grk. gumnos, stripped to the skin. And the gambler's the one that does it.
校对:塞勒斯特
例句:
- And it's to this man's son--this scoundrel, gambler, swindler, murderer of a Rawdon Crawley, that Matilda leaves the bulk of her money. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He is one of the most dangerous men in England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely desperate villain, a man without heart or conscience. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He put down one over the fair shoulder of the little gambler before him, and they won. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Besides, he's such an infernal character--he's a gambler--he's a drunkard--he's a profligate in every way. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- One of them that I visited was in a Baptist church, the man with the wheel being in the pulpit, and the gamblers in the pews. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I am a warning to others, just as thieves and drunkards and gamblers are, she said in a low voice. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- New stakes were laid on the stone, and the gamblers proceeded as before. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I recommend the recent spectacle in New York where the most sensational raider of gambling houses has turned out to be in crooked alliance with the gamblers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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