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单词 rook
释义
rook
noun[C]
uk
/rʊk/us
/rʊk/

rooknoun[C](BIRD)

alargeblackbirdsimilarto acrow
秃鼻乌鸦
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Other wild birds
  • bird of paradise
  • blackbird
  • blue tit
  • bluebird
  • bluejay
  • finch
  • flycatcher
  • goldfinch
  • greenfinch
  • honeyeater
  • lorikeet
  • lyrebird
  • macaw
  • magpie
  • martin
  • song thrush
  • sparrow
  • squab
  • starling
  • swift
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rooknoun[C](GAME PIECE)

(informalcastle)
in thegameofchess, apiecethat canmovealong anynumberofsquaresinstraightlinesparallelto thesidesof theboard
（国际象棋的）车
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Board games
  • backgammon
  • bishop
  • blitz
  • board game
  • castle
  • Chinese chequers
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • counterplay
  • defence
  • endgame
  • forfeit
  • gambit
  • move
  • pawn
  • pin
  • queen
  • queenside
  • re-roll
  • resign
  • square
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rook
verb[T]
old-fashionedinformal
uk
/rʊk/us
/rʊk/
tocheatsomeone out of somemoney
诈骗，敲诈，骗取（某人的）钱财
Synonyms
coninformal
defraud
diddle(TRICK)informal
gypUSinformal old-fashioned
swindle
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
  • anti-fraud
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blackmail
  • deceive
  • fiddle
  • flannel
  • gull
  • have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
  • havesomeoneon
  • hoax
  • hocus-pocus
  • hustle
  • pull
  • pull a fast oneidiom
  • pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
  • punk
  • putsomethingacross/oversomeone
  • racket
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(Definition ofrookfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rook| American Dictionary

rook
noun[C]
us
/rʊk/
(alsocastle)
(in thegameofchess) apiecethat canmovein astraightlinein anydirectionbut not on adiagonal
(Definition ofrookfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrook

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There are other pests too with which committees have had to deal, such as rooks, wild geese, wood pigeons, etc.
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My noble friend says that rooks do a certain amount of harm.
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My experience is that when you put in winter corn or spring corn rooks may, for about a fortnight, do a certain amount of damage.
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I admit that there is a little doubt about the rooks.
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He might find himself on the rooks if he gives a figure that may be invalidated by time.
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Is it not clear that many ordinary working people get rooked and find themselves in great difficulty?
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I am aware that damage is being done to crops by rooks in districts where there is an undue local concentration of these birds.
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There are certain woods in this country where rooks and jackdaws go quite indiscriminately.
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There is nothing worse than to come back from a holiday feeling that one has been "rooked" right and left.
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I have not gone into the scientific methods of humane destruction of rooks.
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One may adopt the natural remedy, and leave these insects to their natural enemies, such as the rooks.
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What guarantee have the people of this country they are not being rooked?
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However, it is not only a question of pigeons, starlings, rooks and a number of other birds can also give rise to nuisance.
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Investigations into the food of rooks under present agricultural conditions are in progress, but the results are not yet available.
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I should hate to think of them as being classified with rooks, grey squirrels and goodness knows what else as a pest.
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