chequer

n. (一粒)棋子, 西洋跳棋, 方格图案, 格子花, 花楸果, 排列成方格式的石头 vt. 把...画/制成方格图案形, 交替变换

发音

/ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
US /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/

词形变化

chequers 复数 chequers chequered chequering chequers 三单 chequering 现在分词 chequered 过去式 chequered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.

  2. 2.

    Alternative spelling of checker.

    英国
v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of checker.

    英国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

checker

上位词 2

man piece

下位词 1

king
动词

同义词 2

check checker

上位词 4

draw vary motley variegate

相关短语

chequer tree chequer trees

词源

See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

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