单词 | conker |
释义 | conker /kong"keuhr, kawng"-/, n. Brit. Informal. 1. a horse chestnut. 2. the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut. 3. conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player. [1840-50; prob. orig. CONQUER; cf. conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)] |
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