checkers

/ˈtʃekəz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʃekərz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈche-kərz/ (ame, mw)

checkers — noun

1. an indoor game in which two players move their twelve round disc-shaped pieces d

1.名詞B1
釋義

an indoor game in which two players move their twelve round disc-shaped pieces diagonally across a board of dark and light squares, capturing the opponent's pieces by leaping over them.

例句

Esme and her grandfather play checkers every Sunday afternoon at the kitchen table.

play checkers — typical verb collocation

The boys set up the checkers board on the porch and argued about who would go first.

checkers board — common compound noun

同義詞
  • draughts

    British English term for the same game

文法句型

play checkers

a game of checkers

用法筆記

Treated as singular even though it ends in -s: 'Checkers is a simple game,' not 'Checkers are a simple game.' In British English, the same game is called draughts.

常見錯誤

❌Checkers are easy to learn.
✅Checkers is easy to learn.
💡the game name takes a singular verb even though it ends in -s.
❌Let's play a checkers.
✅Let's play checkers.' or 'Let's play a game of checkers.
💡no article before the bare game name.