checkers
checkers — 名詞
1. an indoor game in which two players move their twelve round disc-shaped pieces d
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.
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
Rafael won three games of checkers in a row by jumping over five of his opponent's pieces.
Rafael 跳過對手五顆棋子，連贏三局西洋跳棋。
a game of checkers — countable usage
Tendai taught his younger sister the rules of checkers using bottle caps as pieces.
Tendai 用瓶蓋當棋子，教妹妹西洋跳棋的規則。
rules of checkers — typical noun phrase
In British English, the game called checkers in America is known as draughts.
美式英語裡叫做 checkers 的這款遊戲，在英式英語裡稱為 draughts。
variety contrast: American checkers / British draughts
- play checkers
- a game of checkers
- checkers board
- rules of checkers
- 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
同根字
- checker名詞B2
- checkerboard名詞B2
- checkered形容詞B2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- checkers board
- checkers piece
- checkers tournament
常用片語
- play checkers
- a game of checkers
- win at checkers
介系詞搭配
- a game of checkers
- checkers with someone