whist: [17] The game of whist was originally called whisk, and it is generally assumed that the name came from the ‘whisking’ away of the cards after the tricks had been taken (whisk [14] itself was borrowed from a Scandinavian source that went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *wisk- ‘move quickly’). Charles Cotton, however, in his Complete Gamester 1680, said that it was ‘called Whist from the silence that is to be observed in the play’ (whist is also a now archaic exclamation meaning ‘be quiet!’).
whist (n.)
card game for four, 1660s, alteration of whisk, name of a kind of card game, alluded to as early as 1520s, perhaps so called from the notion of "whisking" up cards after each trick, and thus from whisk (v.). Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist "silent" (15c.).
例文
1. And when I 'm gone-- Whist ，darlin '，listen to me！
私が死んだ時まで----鳴らないでね、ハニー、聞いて！
2.Bridge，poker and whit are card-games.
ブリッジ、トランプ、ホイストはカードゲームです。
3.Are you in for this game of whit ？
このホイストブリッジに参加しますか。
4.There are six of us two too many for a game of whit .
私たちは6人います--ホイストカードを打つには2人増えます。
5.Through the centuries whit evolved and grew steadily in popularity.