Dreye權威釋義

n.

vt.

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以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

(chequers) a pattern of alternately coloured squares.
(checkers) [treated as sing.] N. Amer. the game of draughts.
▸ (checker) a piece used in this game.

v.

divide into or mark with chequers.
[as adj. chequered] marked by periods of fluctuating fortune:
a chequered career.

ME (in the sense ‘chessboard’, giving rise to chequered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard’): from exchequer.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》