crossword

英 [ˈkrɒswɜːd]

美 [ˈkrɔːswɜːrd]

n.  纵横字谜; 纵横填字游戏

复数：crosswords　

IELTSTEM8计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.12263 / COCA.15483

牛津词典

noun

• 纵横字谜；纵横填字游戏
  a game in which you have to fit words across and downwards into spaces with numbers in a square diagram. You find the words by solving clues .
  1. to do a/the crossword
     做纵横填字游戏
  2. I've finished the crossword apart from 3 across and 10 down.
     这份纵横字谜除横3竖10以外我都填完了。

柯林斯词典

• 纵横字谜;纵横填字游戏
  Acrosswordorcrossword puzzleis a word game in which you work out the answers and write them in the white squares of a pattern of small black and white squares.

英英释义

noun

• a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
  Synonym:crossword puzzle

双语例句

• This is not a game. It's only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
  这不是游戏。这只是可以辅佐我进步单词量的一种纵横字谜。
• Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle.
  她的母亲叹了口气，擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。
• I did the crossword in half an hour there was nothing to it.
  我用了半小时就把纵横字谜填好了&容易极了。
• He's hearing the voice of God through a crossword puzzle.
  他通过字谜听到了来自于上帝的声音。
• She is our resident crossword fanatic.
  她是我们中间的填纵横字谜的游戏迷。
• Will you help me with this crossword puzzle? It got me stumped.
  你帮我解这个纵横字谜好吗？它难住我了。
• Yeah, it is very exciting, this month we are doing crossword puzzles.
  是呀，很令人兴奋。这个月我们要做字谜游戏。
• I got my book of crossword puzzles and my yogurt.
  我带了字迷书和酸奶。
• I enjoy word games but The Times crossword puzzle usually foxes me.
  我喜欢词语游戏，可《时代周刊》上的纵横填字字谜常常把我搞湖涂。
• I'm afraid my skills are limited to crossword puzzles.
  恐怕我的技能仅仅局限在纵横字谜上。