rook

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rook /rʊk/ noun [countable]  1. HBBa large black European bird like a crow 秃鼻乌鸦，白嘴鸦2. DGBone of the pieces in a game of chess 〔国际象棋中的〕车 SYN castle →4  See picture of 见图 CHESS →5 see picture at 见图 chess

Examples from the Corpus

rook• He was not a fighting mole, but something in him made him change his course and start suddenly after the rook.• And she could hear the rooks cawing too.• And how to shoot the rooks nesting high up in the trees with a rifle.• The rook made them both, giving the Raptors their first lead since 47-46.• Swallows whipped low across the fields, while rooks flew clumsily towards their high nests.• Black feels constrained by the threat of xe8 to capture the white rook which has been en prise for nine consecutive moves.• The game was adjourned after 63 moves, with Speelman trying to win with rook and bishop against rook and pawn.Origin rook 1. Old English hroc2. (1200-1300) Old French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian

rook nounChinese  

large a Corpus bird black crow like European a

rook
rook /rʊk/ noun [countable]1. a large black European bird like a crow
2. one of the pieces in a game of chess
   SYN  castle

rookBrE /rʊk/ 🔊NAmE /rʊk/ 🔊 nouna large black bird of the crow family. Rooks build their nests in groups at the tops of trees. 秃鼻乌鸦 = castle (2)