单词 | conker |
释义 | conker[ kong-ker, kawng- ] / ˈkɒŋ kər, ˈkɔŋ- / noun British Informal.a horse chestnut. the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut. conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player. Origin of conker1840–50; probably originally conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces) Words nearby conkerconjurer, conjure up, conjuring, conjuror, conk, conker, conkers, Conkling, conk out, conlang, conlanger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for conker
British Dictionary definitions for conkerconker / (ˈkɒŋkə) / nounan informal name for horse chestnut (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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