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单词 jeu de dames
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jeu de damesn.

Brit. /ˌʒəː də ˈdam/, U.S. /ˌʒə də ˈdæm/
Forms:

α. Middle English iew-de-dame.

β. 1800s– jeu de dames.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French jeu de dames.
Etymology: Apparently originally (in α. forms) < Middle French jeu de dames (French jeu de dames ) the game of draughts (although this is first attested later in this sense: 1508; however, compare Old French jeu madame draughts (1309), and also Anglo-Norman jeu as dames denoting a chess strategy in which the queen plays a central role (13th cent. or earlier)) < jeu game, play (c1100 in Old French as giu ; < classical Latin iocum jest, joke, play, sport: see joke n.) + de de prep. + dames , plural of dame dame n. In later use (in β. forms) reborrowed < French jeu de dames. Compare dam n.3 and see discussion at that entry.
Esp. in French contexts: the game of draughts. Cf. dam n.3
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jeu de damesc1380
draughtsc1540
dam1580
checker1712
chequers1838
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2225 Summe of hem to iew-de-dame & summe to tablere.
1874 Amer. Cycl. 6 248/2 In America the game is commonly called checkers. In France it is known as le jeu de dames.
1932 Mod. Lang. Notes 47 493 A popular custom which has left its mark in the use of souffler as a term of the jeu de dames.
1964 Folklore 75 46 Certain games too seem to have come from France, the bools, marbles, dams, draughts (jeu de dames).
2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 3 June 24 Prisoners were lounging there, several playing jeu de dames.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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