chess

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n. 国际象棋 [建] 雀麦

发音

US /t͡ʃɛs/

词形变化

chesses 复数

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

    国际象棋

    象棋

    西洋棋

    不可数
  2. 1.

    Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

    美国
  3. 1.

    One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

    政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cheat

上位词 3

board game brome bromegrass

下位词 1

shogi

部分词 3

checkerboard chequerboard chess move

相关短语

chess boxing chess piece 国际象棋棋子 chess clock 棋钟 chess master 国际象棋大师 chess set 象棋比赛的一盘 chess masters chess sets chess player 下象棋者,棋手 chess players chess pieces chess pie chess pies chess boxer chess clocks

词源

From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).

来源：wiktionary