“chess、men”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

chess-men

释义

chess-men|ˈtʃɛsmɛn|
Rarely in sing. -man.
[f. chess n.¹ + man n.¹ 15. The ME. chesse-meyne contains meyne a company (see meinie 4), a. OF. meyné (also used for ‘les pièces du jeu d'échecs’, Godefroy); but the view that chess-men (Caxton) arose from this, either by substitution or by confusion, is untenable, the word for ‘(chess-)man’ in AF. being regularly hom.]
The pieces (eight ‘pieces’ proper and eight pawns on each side) with which chess is played.
[1474Caxton Chesse i. iii, The table of the chesse borde and the chesse meyne.] Ibid. iv. i, The formes of the chesse men and of their offices.1552Huloet, Chest-men, or table men, tessaræ.1578Inv. R. Wardrobe 238 (Jam.) Greit chas men of bane.1581Sidney Apol. Poetry (Arb.) 53 Wee must giue names to our Chesse-men.1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xiii. §9 The Place of each Chess-man.

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