chess

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n. 国际象棋

Collins.2 / BNC.7065 / COCA.6948

牛津词典

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

Playing chess is one of my favourite pastimes.
下棋是我喜爱的一种消遣。
You are really keen on playing chess.
你们下棋的瘾头可真不小。
With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
下国际象棋从头到尾都是在比拼智慧。
Let's have a game of chess.
来一盘棋。
I am disposed for a game of chess.
我想下一盘棋。
His fingers itch at the sight of a game of chess.
看见下棋他就馋得慌。
'Do you play chess?' he asked, looking askance at Miguel.
“你会下棋吗？”他斜睨着米格尔问道。
I beat him at chess.
我下棋赢了他。
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。
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。