dice

1. N-COUNT A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, "dice" was used only as a plural form, and the singular was , but now "dice" is used as both the singular and the plural form. 骰子 (古英語中，)(dice)(僅用作復(fù)數(shù)，單數(shù)為)(die)(；現(xiàn)在，)(dice)(既作單數(shù)，又作復(fù)數(shù))

I throw both dice and get double 6. 我擲出2個(gè)骰子，開了2個(gè)6點(diǎn)。

2. V-T If you dice food, you cut it into small cubes. 把…切成小塊

Dice the onion and boil in the water for about fifteen minutes. 把洋蔥切成小塊，在水里煮15分鐘左右。

3. PHRASE If you are trying to achieve something and you say that it's no dice, you mean that you are having no success or luck with it. If someone asks you for something and you reply no dice, you are refusing to do what they ask. 徒勞; 沒運(yùn)氣; 不行 (用于拒絕要求)

If there'd been a halfway decent house for rent on this island, I would have taken it. But it was no dice. 如果這座島上有稍微像樣的房子出租，我就租下來了。但連那樣的房子都租不到。

If the Republicans were to say "no dice," the Democrats would think they have a campaign issue. 如果共和黨說“不行”，民主黨就會(huì)認(rèn)為這正好可以在競選上大做文章。