(chequers)a pattern of squares, typically alternately coloured (尤指双色的)格子图案 a geometric shape bordered by chequers. 由格子图案作边的几何形。 [as modifier]a chequer design. 格子花样。
(checkers)[treated as sing.](N. Amer.)the game of draughts (北美)国际跳棋 ■(checker)a piece used in this game 国际跳棋棋子
verb
[with obj.](一般作 be chequered)divide into or mark with an arrangement of squares of a different colour or character 分割成(不同颜色或特性的)方块;以(不同颜色或特性的方块)标出 a great plain chequered with corn and green mosses. 被玉米地和绿色苔藓分割成一块块的大平原。
语源
Middle English: from exchequer. The original sense 'chessboard' gave rise to chequered meaning 'marked like a chessboard'; hence sense 1 (early 16th cent.)