rook¹

KK: [rʊk] DJ: [ruk]

n.

vi. & vt.

rook²

KK: [rʊk] DJ: [ruk]

n.

（國際象棋中的）車
Chess champions must know how to use their rooks effectively.
象棋冠軍一定要知道如何好好地用他的車。

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a gregarious crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops. [Corvus frugilegus.]

v.

informal defraud, swindle, or overcharge.

OE hrōc, prob. imitative and of Gmc origin.

n.

a chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands.

ME: from OFr. rock, based on Arab. ruḵḵ (of which the sense remains uncertain).

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》