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

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。
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。
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。
That game of chess ended in a draw.
那盘棋和了。
In chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position
在国际象棋中，一般来说从棋盘任何位置都可以移动大约36步。
His fingers itch at the sight of a game of chess.
看见下棋他就馋得慌。
He has a fancy for chess.
他喜好下棋。
I can't beat him at Chinese chess.
我象棋下不赢他。
Chess is his hobby.
象棋是他爱好的娱乐。
Playing ( at) chess is no fun; let's go to play table tennis.
下棋没劲，还是去打乒乓球吧。