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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- chess [tʃεs]
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noun
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象棋
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noun
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象棋
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- chess [ʧεs] [ʧes]
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noun
国际象棋
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noun
国际象棋
Collins English-English Dictionary
- chess [tʃεs]
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a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king
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[Etymology]
C13: from Old French esches, plural of eschec check (at chess); see
check
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a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king
- chess [tʃεs]
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a less common name for rye-brome
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[Etymology]
C18: of unknown origin
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a less common name for rye-brome
- chess [tʃεs]
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a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge
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[Etymology]
C15 (in the sense: layer, tier): from Old French chasse frame, from Latin capsa box
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a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge
Examples
- Football and chess are games.
- 足球和国际象棋都是比赛项目。 → game
- to initiate someone into the game of chess
- 教某人开始下国际象棋 → initiate
- Chess master
- 象棋大师 → master
- his mastery of chess
- 他的棋艺(或棋术) → mastery
- to play a mean game of chess
- 出色地胜了一局(棋) → mean
- He is a chess master.
- 他是国际象棋大师。
- We played a rubber of chess.
- 我们下了一局象棋。
- My chess is incomplete. It lost a man.
- 我的国际象棋不全了，缺了个棋子。 → man
- Can you bring your chess board when you come over?
- 你能带着棋盘过来吗？ → board
- Castling is a move that everyone should strive to make while playing chess.
- 王车易位是每个人在玩象棋时都应尽力走出的一步棋。 → castle
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