chess

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n. 国际象棋

Collins.2 / BNC.7065 / COCA.6948

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noun

国际象棋
a game for two people played on a board marked with black and white squares on which each playing piece (representing a king, queen, castle, etc.) is moved according to special rules. The aim is to put the other player's king in a position from which it cannot escape (= to checkmate it).

N-UNCOUNT 国际象棋
Chessis a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken.
1. ...the world chess championships.
  国际象棋世界冠军

noun

a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules
Synonym:chess game
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Synonym:cheatBromus secalinus

He has developed a consuming passion for chess.
他对下棋产生了极为浓厚的兴趣。
Do you know all the moves in chess?
你知道下象棋的所有走法吗？
The moves in chess are not only manifold, but involute.
下棋的走法不但多种多样，而且错综复杂。
I have to be in the right frame of mind to play chess.
下棋时，我的心境处于很集中的状态。
One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set
有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。
Playing chess is one of my favourite pastimes.
下棋是我喜爱的一种消遣。
Gary Kasparov has retained his title as world chess champion.
加雷·卡斯帕罗夫卫冕了他国际象棋世界冠军的称号。
A chess player must have a fertile imagination and rich sense of fantasy.
一个棋手必须有丰富的想象力，并善于奇思妙想。
The twin sisters played a game of chess just now.
这一对孪生姐妹刚下了一盘棋。
You are really keen on playing chess.
你们下棋的瘾头可真不小。