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rook

/rook/US // rʊk //UK // (rʊk) //

洛克,蟑螂,洛克人,鹏程万里

Related Words

fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人bilk胆小鬼betray叛变,出卖,背叛,叛离deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关hoodwink欺瞒,蒙骗,骗取,蒙蔽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的fleece羊毛衫,羊毛,羊毛毡,羊毛制品defraud诈骗,欺诈,诈欺,讹诈steal偷盗,盗取,盗窃,窃取bamboozle斑竹,斑纹,斑鸠,斑马线

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
    • : a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cheat; fleece; swindle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtrick
Synonyms
betray叛变,出卖,背叛,叛离bilk胆小鬼cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄hoodwink欺瞒,蒙骗,骗取,蒙蔽scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人
verbcheat
Synonyms
bamboozle斑竹,斑纹,斑鸠,斑马线bilk胆小鬼deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关defraud诈骗,欺诈,诈欺,讹诈fleece羊毛衫,羊毛,羊毛毡,羊毛制品steal偷盗,盗取,盗窃,窃取swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人

Examples

  • The king in the top middle could be reached both by the rook one square to its right and the knight one square down and two squares to its left.

  • As the immunologist Graham Rook is fond of saying, co-evolution invariably leads to codependence.

  • Beryn was 'in hevy plyghte,' when he only lost a rook for nothing; Tale of Beryn, 1812.

  • The Consul had a good rook-rifle with him; and the kavass, a Serb by nationality, was a very good shot with it.

  • "Hear, hear," said everybody except the crow, who hated the rook.

  • Luke is, doubtless, the stray rook, and a fledgeling hath flown hither from a distant country.

  • He was mounted on his old horse, Rook, and looked grim and haggard as a ghost vanishing at the crowing of the cock.

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