crossword

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 kros'-werd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
  2. The grid of such a puzzle. broadly,informal
    — HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg
  3. The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken. obsolete
    — DOUBLE ACROSTIC. My primals and finals are the same as the first crossword. Crosswords--(1) A castle in Spain. (2) The quantity contained in a ladle. (3) A convulsive sound which comes from the throat.[…]
  4. A crossword enigma poem. obsolete
    — A CROSSWORD. My first is in army but not in fort. My second is in prisoner but not in court.[…]

词形变化

crosswords plural

词汇关系

近义词
crossword puzzle
衍生词
crossword enigma crossworder crosswordese crosswording crosswordlike crosswordy cryptic crossword two-speed crossword
相关词
acrostic cruciverbalism cruciverbalist cryptic crossword game puzzle

词源

From cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860s. The modern crossword puzzle was invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, who coined the name word-cross – crossword first appeared a few weeks later as a typographical error or deliberate transposition.
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