英语词汇“conker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	conker
释义	Trends of conker View usage for: conker (kɒŋkəʳ) Word forms: plural conkers 1. countable noun Conkers are round brown nuts which come from horse chestnut trees. [British] 2. uncountable noun Conkers is a children's game in which you tie a conker to a piece of string and try to break your opponent's conker by hitting it as hard as you can with your own. [British] conker in British English (ˈkɒŋkə) noun an informal name for horse chestnut (sense 2) conker in American English (ˈkɑŋkər) noun British 1. [pl., with sing. v.] a child's game played with horse chestnuts tied to strings 2. a horse chestnut Word origin Brit dial., orig., a snail shell (< conch + -er): the game was orig. played with shells Image of conker © oriori, shutterstock Examples of 'conker' in a sentence conker Over cautious schools have recently banned tag, conkers and swings. The Sun (2006) We hark back to the good old days of collecting conkers, splashing in streams and building dens. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Under horse chestnut trees the first gleaming brown conkers can be found, surrounded by segments of their soft shells. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A new survey of teachers found a sixth of schools have banned conkers because of health and safety fears. The Sun (2011) THE playground game of conkers could become extinct as Britain's horse chestnut trees are wiped out by disease and a plague of foreign moths. The Sun (2010)
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