英汉词典

check 基本解释

• vt. 检查，核对；制止，抑制；在…上打勾
• vi. 核实，查核；中止；打勾；[象棋]将一军
• n. 支票；制止，抑制；检验，核对
• n. （英）切克（人名）

check 词态变化

check 中文词源

来自古法语eschequier, （棋子游戏）将军，来自阿拉伯语shah, 王。原指一种两军对垒的棋子游戏，当逼近对王主帅时，则说：shah mat, 将杀死你的王，请注意，请检查。类似于中国象棋术语将军。其拼写演变较复杂，首先加字母e, 然后将es又当做前缀ex-脱落，参照etude, echelon. 词源同chess, cheque, exchequer.

check 英文词源

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check: There are two distinct words check in English, although by very involved pathways they are related. Check ‘verify’ [14] is originally a chess term meaning ‘threaten the king’. It comes from Old French eschequier, a derivative of the noun eschec (source also of English chess), which goes back via Vulgar Latin *scaccus and Arabic shāh to Persian shāh ‘king’ (whence also, of course, English shah). (Checkmate [14] comes via Old French eschec mat from Persian shāh māt ‘the king is left helpless’; the second element turns up again in mat or matt ‘lustreless’.) From the very specific chess sense there developed more general applications such as ‘attack’, ‘arrest’, ‘stop’, ‘restrict’, and ‘verify’.

Among these in the 18th century was ‘token used as a counterfoil for verifying something, such as an amount’. As check this survives mainly in American English (as in ‘hat-check’), but in the specific financial sense of ‘written money order’ it was transformed in British English into cheque, perhaps under the influence of exchequer. Check ‘pattern of squares’ [14] is probably short for chequer, which in turn is a reduced form of exchequer, a word derived ultimately from Vulgar Latin *scaccus ‘check’.
=> cheque, chess, exchequer

check (n.1)

c. 1300, "a call in chess noting one's move has placed his opponent's king (or another major piece) in immediate peril," from Old French eschequier "a check at chess" (also "chess board, chess set"), from eschec "the game of chess; chessboard; check; checkmate," from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic shah, from Persian shah "king," the principal piece in a chess game (see shah; also compare checkmate (n.)). Also c. 1300 in a generalized sense, "harmful incident or event."

When the king is in check that player's choices are severely limited. Hence, "sudden stoppage" (early 14c.), and by c. 1700 to "a token of ownership used to check against, and prevent, loss or theft" (surviving in hat check) and "a check against forgery or alteration," which gave the modern financial use of "bank check, money draft" (first recorded 1798 and often spelled cheque), probably influenced by exchequer. Checking account is attested from 1897, American English. Blank check in the figurative sense attested by 1849. Checks and balances is from 1782, perhaps originally suggesting machinery.

check (v.1)

late 15c., in chess, "to attack the king; to put (the opponent's king) in check;" earlier (late 14c.), "to stop, arrest; block, barricade;" see check (n.1). A player in chess limits his opponent's ability to move when he places his opponent's king in check. All the other senses seem to have developed from the chess sense: "To arrest, stop;" then "to hold in restraint" (1620s); and finally "to hold up or control" (an assertion, a person, etc.) by comparison with some authority or record, 1690s. Hence, to check off (1839); to check up (1889); to check in or out (in a hotel, of a library book, etc., by 1918). To check out (something) "to look at, investigate" is from 1959. Related: Checked; checking.

check (v.2)

"mark like a chessboard, incise with a pattern of squares or checks," late 14c. (implied in checked), from check (n.1). Related: Checking.

check (n.2)

"pattern of squares, cross-like pattern," c. 1400, short for checker (n.1).

check 词组搭配

check 英文释义

1. a written order directing a bank to pay money;

"he paid all his bills by check"

2. an appraisal of the state of affairs;

"they made an assay of the contents"

"a check on its dependability under stress"

3. the bill in a restaurant;

"he asked the waiter for the check"

4. the state of inactivity following an interruption;

"the negotiations were in arrest"

"held them in check"

"during the halt he got some lunch"

"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"

"he spent the entire stop in his seat"

5. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

"fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"

6. the act of inspecting or verifying;

"they made a check of their equipment"

"the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

7. a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;

"as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"

8. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

9. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

10. a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard);

"she wore a skirt with checks"

11. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

"his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

12. obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

13. (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

check 同义词解析

restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit

这些动词均含"阻止，抑制，制止"之意。

restrain： 含义广，指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。

check： 多指阻止前进或继续发展。

refrain： 常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。

bridle： 指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。

curb： 可指急剧或果断的制止，也可指用严格的方法加以控制。

inhibit： 主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头，也指制止某物的蔓延。

check 双语例句

1. Check the oil at regular intervals, and have the car serviced regularly.

定期检查汽油，并对车辆进行定期维护。

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2. Someone comes in every day to check all is in order.

每天都有人来检查是否一切都井然有序。

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3. Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.

人们还希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。

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4. I'd like to check the balance in my account please.

请查一下我的账户余额。

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5. The city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.

该市警察设置了路障以检查过往车辆。

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check 实用场景例句

We checked in our luggage and went through to the departure lounge.

我们托运行李后直接进入候机室。

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We've checked in at the hotel.

我们已经在旅馆登记入住。

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‘Is Mary in the office? ’ ‘Just a moment. I'll go and check. ’

“玛丽在办公室吗？”“请稍等，我去看看。”

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You'd better check with Jane what time she's expecting us tonight.

你最好向简核实一下她今晚要见我们的时间。

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The government is determined to check the growth of public spending.

政府决心要控制公共开支的增长。

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to check your anger/laughter/tears

忍住怒火 / 笑 / 眼泪

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She wanted to tell him the whole truth but she checked herself─it wasn't the right moment.

她本想告诉他全部真相，但是又忍住了——那还不是时候。

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Do you want to check your coats?

你们要寄放外套吗？

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Check the box next to the right answer.

在正确答案旁边的方框中打钩。

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Please check in at least an hour before departure.

请至少在飞机起飞前一小时办理登机手续。

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Check the oil and water before setting off.

出发前应查看一下油和水。

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Check your work before handing it in.

交作业以前先检查一遍。

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Go and check (that) I've locked the windows.

去查看一下我是不是把窗户锁上了。

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Check the container for cracks or leaks.

检验容器是否有裂缝或者漏的地方。

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She gave me the minutes of the meeting to read and check.

她把会议记录交给我审阅。

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Frequently, men who check answer (b) have not actually had the experience of being repeatedly rejected by women.

多数情况下，选(b)的男人没有真的尝过三番五次被女人拒绝的滋味。

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Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.

人们还希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。

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...free press that will check corruption by ensuring total transparency in government.

通过确保政府行政完全透明来抑制腐败的新闻自由

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He was about to lose his temper but checked himself in time...

他刚要发火，不过又及时克制住了。

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I held up one finger to check him.

我竖起一根手指头制止了他。

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We arrived at the airport, checked our baggage and wandered around the gift shops...

我们到了机场，托运了行李，到礼品店里逛了逛。

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You can check your baggage right through to its final destination.

你可以把行李直接托运到终点。

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Styles include stripes and checks.

款式包括条纹的和格子的。

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...a red and white check dress.

红白相间的格子连衣裙

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Life on Earth will become unsustainable unless population growth is held in check...

人口增长要是不加控制的话，地球上的生命将无法持续发展。

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He's found someone with a bit of fight to keep him in check.

他发现有个厉害的主儿能镇住他了。

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He decided to check on things at the warehouse.

他决定去仓库查看一下。

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Check the accuracy of everything in your CV...

请核对简历中的每个细节，务必准确无误。

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It's worth checking each item for obvious flaws...

有必要逐件检查一下是否有明显的瑕疵。

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Stephen checked on her several times during the night...

斯蒂芬夜里起来看了她好几遍。

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