chequer
/ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
词源说明
See checker.
(fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
释义
名词noun
- 1The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
- 2British spellingAlternative spelling of checker.
动词verb
- 1British spellingAlternative spelling of checker.