请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 crossword puzzle
释义

crossword puzzle


noun

a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues or definitions are supplied and fitted into correspondingly numbered sets of squares, one letter per square, the words being arranged horizontally or vertically so that most letters form part of two words.

Origin of crossword puzzle

1910–15; cross- + word, allegedly for earlier word cross

Words nearby crossword puzzle

cross wire, cross wires, crosswise, crossword, crossword dictionary, crossword puzzle, crosswort, crostini, crotal, crotalin, crotamiton
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for crossword puzzle

crossword puzzle
/ (ˈkrɒsˌwɜːd) /

noun

a puzzle in which the solver deduces words suggested by numbered clues and writes them into corresponding boxes in a grid to form a vertical and horizontal patternSometimes shortened to: crossword
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
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 5:27:44