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noughts-and-crosses

/nawts-uhn-kraw-siz, -kros-iz/US // ˈnɔts ənˈkrɔ sɪz, -ˈkrɒs ɪz //

四角形和十字形,四角形和交叉形,四角形和十字形图案,十字架

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : tick-tack-toe.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.

  • The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

  • Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.

  • Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.

  • They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.