checkers

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

checkers — 名詞

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

1.名詞B1
釋義

西洋跳棋

兩人輪流跳吃對方棋子的棋盤遊戲

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.

Esme 每個星期天下午都和爺爺在廚房餐桌上下西洋跳棋。

play checkers — typical verb collocation

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

男孩們在門廊上擺好西洋跳棋的棋盤，爭論著誰先下。

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.