释义 |
chequering, checkering, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɛkərɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] Alternation in marking, order, etc.
1662Fuller Worthies (1840) I. 329 The names of Pierce..and Richard have been..successively varied in this family for six or seven descents. Such chequering of Christian names serve heralds instead of stairs, etc. 1847H. Miller First Impr. xiv. 237 The chequering of shade predominated. 1881Greener Gun 250 The chequering is then done, and the gun stripped of all the iron-work. |