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n. 纵横填字游戏, 纵横填字字谜 [计] 纵横组字

发音

US /ˈkɹɒswɜː(ɹ)d/

词形变化

crosswords 复数 crosswords

别名

x-word

教材释义与例句

名词

纵横字谜;纵横填字谜(等于cross puzzle)

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

    填字游戏

    纵横字谜

    游戏
  2. 2.

    The grid of such a puzzle.

    非正式 引申义
  3. 3.

    The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A crossword enigma poem.

    废旧

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词源

From cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860s. The modern crossword puzzle was invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, who coined the name word-cross – crossword first appeared a few weeks later as a typographical error or deliberate transposition.

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