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  • Conjugation : past  exchanged ; ing  exchanging
  • Derivatives : n  exchangeability ; n  exchanger ; adj  exchangeable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

exchange [ɪks'tʃeɪnʤ]
  1. 1. vt. [+gifts] [ addresses] 交换
  2. 2. vt. [+greetings] [ glances] 互换
  3. 3. vt. [+goods] to exchange sth (for sth) 用某物交换( 某物 )
  4. 4. noun [of information] [ views] [ gifts] [ prisoners] (giving and receiving) 交换
  5. 5. noun [of students] [ sportspeople etc] 交流
  6. 6. noun [c] [frm] (conversation) 交锋
  7. 7. noun [c] (also: telephone exchange) 电话局
    in exchange (for)
    作为(对…的)交换

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

exchange [ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ]
  1. 1. n.[u] [Chemistry] 互换
  2. 2. n.[c] 交谈交流
    They had a bitter exchange.
    他们之间进行一番激烈的争论
  3. 3. n.[c/u] 交换互换
    Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience.
    亚当许诺如果遵守约定的话就能获得不朽
  4. 4. n.[c/u] 更换退换
    Deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable.
    允许存在扣除不动产销售交换损失
  5. 5. n.[c] 总机电话局电话交换台
  6. 6. n.[c] [Business] [Finance] 交易所
  7. 7. n.[c] [Sports] 连续对打拉锯战
  8. 8. n.[u] [Business] [Finance] 货币兑换汇兑
  9. 9. n.[c/u] 调换替换
  10. 10. n.[u] [Chess] 以车保马(或象);以马(或象)保车
    Black lost the exchange.
    黑方的兑子亏了。
  11. 11. n.[u] [Chess] 兑子交换
    The endgame began after the exchange of queens.
    皇后兑换之后残局开始了。
  12. 12. n.[c] 调换物,交换物
  13. 13. n.[u] [Business] [Finance] 汇率兑换率
  14. 14. verb 互换调换
  15. 15. verb 兑换转换
  16. 16. verb 切换变换
  17. 17. vt. 交换交流
  18. 18. vt. 替换更换
  19. 19. vt. 减轻

Collins English-English Dictionary

exchange [ɪks'tʃeɪnʤ]
  1. 1. n telephone exchange a switching centre in which telephone lines are interconnected
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to give up, part with, or transfer (one thing) for an equivalent
    to exchange gifts
    to exchange francs for dollars
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to give and receive (information, ideas, etc); interchange
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to replace (one thing) with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods
  5. 5. vt. to transfer or hand over (goods) in return for the equivalent value in kind rather than in money; barter; trade
  6. 6. vt. [tr] [chess] to capture and surrender (pieces, usually of the same value) in a single sequence of moves
  7. 7. n the act or process of exchanging
  8. 8. n anything given or received as an equivalent, replacement, or substitute for something else
  9. 9. n (as modifier)
    an exchange student
  10. 10. n an argument or quarrel; altercation
    the two men had a bitter exchange
  11. 11. n a place where securities or commodities are sold, bought, or traded, esp by brokers or merchants
    a stock exchange
    a corn exchange
  12. 12. n (as modifier)
    an exchange broker
  13. 13. n the system by which commercial debts between parties in different places are settled by commercial documents, esp bills of exchange, instead of by direct payment of money
  14. 14. n the percentage or fee charged for accepting payment in this manner
  15. 15. n a transfer or interchange of sums of money of equivalent value, as between different national currencies or different issues of the same currency
  16. 16. n [often plural] the cheques, drafts, bills, etc, exchanged or settled between banks in a clearing house
  17. 17. n [chess] the capture by both players of pieces of equal value, usually on consecutive moves
  18. 18. n another word for transfusion
  19. 19. n [med] [Physics] a process in which a particle is transferred between two nucleons, such as the transfer of a meson between two nucleons
  20. 20. n See also bill of exchange exchange rate foreign exchange labour exchange
  21. 21. n [Etymology] C14: from Anglo-French eschaungier, from Vulgar Latin excambiare (unattested), from Latin cambire to barter

Examples

to exchange gifts
互赠礼物
an exchange of greetings
相互问好
a stock exchange
证券交易所
an exchange broker
外汇经纪人,汇兑掮客
to exchange pleasantries
互相客套一番

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