conker

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. UK
    — His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.
  2. Alternative form of kankar. alt-of,alternative
    — The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.

词形变化

conkers plural

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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