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chess

noun
/tʃes/
/tʃes/
[uncountable]
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  1. 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).国际象棋
    • the position of the chess pieces on the board国际象棋棋子在棋盘上的布局
    • Alex plays chess as a hobby.亚历克斯把下棋作为业余爱好。
    Topics Games and toysb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computer
    • correspondence
    • junior
    … of chess
    • game
    verb + chess
    • play
    chess + noun
    • board
    • piece
    • set
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esches, plural of eschec ‘a check’ from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king’.

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