Rook
[rʊk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow.
戴维錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.
(v. i.) To squat; to ruck.
(n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
(n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
(n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
(v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
欧文校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Castle (in chess).
手打:弗拉德
解釋/意思:
n. a species of crow—from its croak: the ruddy duck: a cheat: a simpleton.—v.i. to cheat.—ns. Rook′er a swindler; Rook′ery a group of trees on which rooks build: a cluster of mean tenements: a resort of thieves: a disturbance.—adj. Rook′y (Shak.) inhabited by rooks.
n. a castle or piece used in playing chess.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of rooks, denotes that while your friends are true, they will not afford you the pleasure and contentment for which you long, as your thoughts and tastes will outstrip their humble conception of life. A dead rook, denotes sickness or death in your immediate future.
达伦編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Calls a house a rookery when there's not a rook near it, and takes the birds on trust, because he sees the nests! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This Rook is poor and hasn't got any rich relations, has he? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Is your last box of Doucet dresses a failure, or did Judy rook you out of everything at bridge last night? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- At Gresham College by 1658 it was the custom to remain for discussion Wednesdays and Thursdays after Mr. Wrens l ecture and Mr. Rook's. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Why, your friend and I,' replied the host, 'are going out rook-shooting before breakfast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There was a scream as of an individual--not a rook--in corporal anguish. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Half a dozen young rooks in violent conversation, flew out to ask what the matter was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The rooks cawed loudly in the trees above; mixed with their hoarse cries I heard a lively strain of music. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Why, in plain English, to frighten the rooks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:赛克