| 释义 |
check /chek/ transitive verb- To verify, often by comparison
- To bring to a stop
- To restrain or hinder
- To rebuke
- To punch (eg a ticket)
- To tick (N American)
- To nip, pinch, crush, as by biting or shutting (also chack; Scot)
- To deposit or receive in exchange for a check
- To send (baggage) on a passenger's ticket (N American)
- In chess, to place in check
- To mark with a pattern of crossing lines
intransitive verb- To make investigations
- To come to a stop
- To forsake the quarry for some other bird (with at; falconry)
- To decline the option of opening the betting (poker)
noun- A means of verification or testing, eg to evaluate the standard of something
- Anything that checks
- A sudden stop, repulse or rebuff
- In chess, a position when a player's king is exposed to attack and so must be protected or moved
- In certain games, a stopping of an opposing player's forward progress
- Restraint
- Control
- A rebuke, a reprimand (obsolete)
- A mark put against items in a list
- A tick (N American)
- An order to transfer money (usu written cheque except US)
- Any token or ticket used as security, to indicate ownership, etc, a counterfoil
- A ticket or token, given to show that a person has paid, eg for admission (see also raincheck under rain1)
- A restaurant bill
- A counter used in games at cards (hence pass in one's checks to die)
- A pattern of cross lines forming small squares, as in a chessboard
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern
- A mechanism that holds a piano hammer after striking
- A small crack in veneer, timber, etc
adjective Divided into small squares by crossing lines ORIGIN: OFr eschec, eschac, originally in the chess sense, through Ar from Pers shāh king checkˈable adjective checked adjective Having a check pattern checkˈer noun - Someone who hinders, rebukes or scrutinizes
- A cashier
- A cloakroom attendant (N American)
- (in pl; N American) the game of draughts
checkˈy or cheˈquy adjective (heraldry) Chequered check action noun Piano action with checks check box noun (computing) A square on a screen on which the user can click the mouse to activate a particular feature checkˈbook noun (N American) A chequebook checkˈclerk noun A clerk who checks accounts, etc check digit noun (computing) A redundant bit in a stored word, used in a self-checking procedure such as a parity check checked square noun A square in a crossword that belongs to the solution of two clues checkˈerboard noun A checked board on which checkers or draughts is played checkˈ-in see check in below. checking account noun (N American) A current account checkˈ-key noun A latch-key checkˈlist noun - A list for verification purposes
- A comprehensive list
- An inventory
checkmate noun see separate entry. checkˈ-off see check off below. checkˈout noun - The cash desk where goods bought in a supermarket, etc are paid for
- The act of checking out (see below)
checkˈpoint noun A place where an official check of documents, etc is made checkˈrail noun An inner rail on a railway track that prevents a train from being derailed, esp when going round corners (also guardrail) checkˈrein noun A bearing rein, a strap hindering a horse from lowering its head checkˈroom or checkˈing-room noun (N American) A cloakroom, luggage room or room where goods are checked checkˈ-string noun A string by which the occupant of a carriage may attract the driver's notice checkˈsum noun (computing) An error-detection system in which a figure signifying the number of bits is transmitted along with data so that the receiving device can verify the accuracy of the data received checkˈ-takˈer noun Someone who takes tickets checkˈ-till noun A till that records sums received checkˈ-up noun - A testing scrutiny
- A medical examination, esp one of a series of regular examinations
checkˈweigher or checkweigh man noun A colliery worker who, on behalf of the miners, checks the weight of coal sent up to the pit-mouth check in - To record one's arrival at work
- To register one's arrival at a hotel, airport, etc (checkˈ-in noun)
check off - To mark off on a list, usu with a tick, as having arrived, been completed, etc
- To deduct (trade union dues) from a worker's pay before he or she receives it (N American; checkˈ-off noun)
check out - To record one's departure from work
- To depart, having paid one's bill, etc, from a hotel, etc
- To investigate, examine or test
- To look at or inspect (slang; checkˈ-out or checkˈout noun)
checks and balances A system of competition and mutual restraint that curbs the potential of individuals to abuse power check up - To investigate
- To examine and test (often with on)
hold or keep in check To restrain, control or keep back checkmate /chekˈmāt/ noun- In chess, a position where a player's king is under attack and can neither be protected nor move to escape, ending the game
- A complete check, defeat or winning manoeuvre
transitive verb- In chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate
- To defeat or render incapable of counter-attack
interjection In chess, a call made to indicate that one's opponent's king has been placed in checkmate ORIGIN: OFr eschec mat, from Ar shāh māt(a) the king is dead |