conker
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
— His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.
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Alternative form of kankar.
— The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.
词形变化
词源
From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells; from conch + -er or a variant of conquer.
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