Word
tic-tac-toe
井字棋
A game in which two players take turns marking a 3x3 grid with Xs and Os, trying to get three of their marks in a row.
- 1.
A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.
井字棋游戏,两名玩家轮流在3x3棋盘上画圈和叉,先将三个相同符号连成一线者胜
- 2.
a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
井字棋
井字棋游戏,两名玩家轮流在3x3棋盘上画圈和叉,先将三个相同符号连成一线者胜；井字游戏
In use
Would you like to play a quick game of tic-tac-toe with me?
The teacher drew a large tic-tac-toe grid on the chalkboard to explain the game.
After lunch, we can play tic-tac-toe with these colorful pencils.
play tic-tac-toe
The children are playing tic-tac-toe.
孩子们正在玩井字游戏。
a game of tic-tac-toe
We had a quick game of tic-tac-toe.
我们玩了一局快速的井字游戏。
win/lose at tic-tac-toe
She won at tic-tac-toe three times in a row.
Connections
Synonyms
- noughts and crosses
- 画圈打叉游戏 · 主要用于英式英语，与tic-tac-toe同义，但强调使用nought（圆圈）和cross（叉号）
- X's and O's
- 叉和圈游戏 · 非正式用语，常用在口语中，指代同上
- three-in-a-row
- 三连棋 · 描述性名称，强调游戏目标，但不如标准名称常用
Confusing words
- noughts and crosses
- 井字游戏（英式英语） · 与tic-tac-toe是同一游戏，只是英式英语中常用此名称，美式英语用tic-tac-toe。
- checkers
- 跳棋 · checkers是另一种棋盘游戏，使用黑白棋子沿对角线移动，而tic-tac-toe是井字游戏，玩家在九宫格中画X和O。
- tick-tock
- 滴答声 · tick-tock是模拟时钟声音的拟声词，与tic-tac-toe发音相似但意义完全不同。
Learner notes
Grammar Note
作为游戏名称，通常不加冠词，不可数。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.