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

Let's have a game of chess.
来一盘棋。
I beat him at chess.
我下棋赢了他。
You've had chess on the brain since you were little.
你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。
That game of chess ended in a draw.
那盘棋和了。
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。
His interest in chess has begun to flag.
他对象棋的兴趣逐渐淡薄了。
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。
He has a fancy for chess.
他喜好下棋。
He retired from professional chess because he had lost the zest for winning
他退出了职业国际象棋赛场，因为他已经对获胜毫无兴致。
The twin sisters played a game of chess just now.
这一对孪生姐妹刚下了一盘棋。