| 释义 |
Noun: rook rûk- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- castle - Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and colour of the American crow
- Corvus frugilegus
Verb: rook rûk- Deprive of by deceit
- victimize, swindle, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer], ream [N. Amer]
Derived forms: rooks, rooking, rooked Type of: cheat, chess piece, chessman, chisel, corvine bird, rip off Part of: Corvus, genus Corvus Encyclopedia: Rook |