Word · Frequency #16978
rook
秃鼻乌鸦；白嘴鸦
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- 1.
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- 2.
A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- 3.
mist; fog; roke
- 4.
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- 5.
A bad deal; a rip-off.
- 6.
A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
(象棋)车；骗子
In use
We saw a rook building its nest in the tall tree behind our house.
A large group of rooks gathered in the field on a cold morning.
The farmer watched a rook fly from the fence to the orchard.
rook someone
动词，及物，意为‘欺骗、敲诈’。
The con artist rooked the old man in a fake investment.
那个骗子通过虚假投资骗了那位老人。
a rook
名词，可指国际象棋中的‘车’或鸟类‘秃鼻乌鸦’。不定冠词 a 表示泛指。
A rook is a powerful chess piece.
车是一种强大的国际象棋棋子。
Common mistakes
He rooked my money.He rooked me out of my money.
Connections
Collocations
- rook pawn
- 车兵（国际象棋中车所在的竖线兵）
- He promoted his rook pawn to a queen.他设法将车兵升变为后。
- rook sacrifice
- 弃车（国际象棋中故意牺牲车的战术）
- The player's stunning rook sacrifice led to checkmate.这位棋手惊人的弃车导致了将杀。
- rook endgame
- 车残局（双方都拥有车的残局）
- Rook endgames require precise technique.车残局需要精确的技术。
- double rooks
- 双车（在同一横线或竖线上互相配合的两个车）
- Double rooks on the seventh rank are often decisive.双车在对方底线（第七横线）上常常是决定性的。
- get rooked
- 被坑骗；被敲竹杠
- Don't buy from that stall, or you'll get rooked.别在那个摊位买东西，不然你会被敲竹杠。
- a parliament of rooks
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：屋顶站着一只 rook（秃鼻乌鸦），低头看你在下棋，棋盘上的 rook（车）正冲过来——小心它还会 rook（骗）你。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：birdwatching、ornithology、natural history 「rook」指秃鼻乌鸦时是普通名词，语气中性，多用于观鸟、鸟类图鉴或自然观察等说明性语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 rook（/rʌk/）押韵的词有 duck、luck、truck、suck（均读 /ʌk/）。book、hook 虽然拼写也以 -ook 结尾，但读 /ʊk/，与 rook 不押韵，注意区分。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.