rook
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
So I am (like an old rook, who is ruined by gaming) forced to live on the good fortune of the pushing young men, whose fancies are so vigorous that they ensure their success in their adventures with Muses, by their strength and imagination.
Đồng nghĩa: bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon, shammer, Spanish athlete, swindler, swike, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard, bunco-steerer, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, cozener, defrauder, finagler, fleecer, fraud, fraudmeister, fraudster, humbug, goldbrick, grifter, gull, gyp, landshark, pickpenny, rook, scammer, scamp, Scandaroon, schemester, sharper, slicker, spieler, swindler, trapan, trepan
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A bad deal; a rip-off.
- 4.
(British, countable, uncountable)A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- 5.
(uncountable)A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- 6.
(archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)A parson.
- 7.
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- 8.
(rare)A castle or other fortification.
- 9.
(slang)(baseball, slang) A rookie.
- 10.
(uncountable)mist; fog; roke
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cheat or swindle.
- 2.
(obsolete)To squat; to ruck.
- 3.
(alt of, pronunciation spelling)Pronunciation spelling of look, mimicking Asian speech.
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thumb|A rook (bird)