English-Thai Dictionary
check
N การ ตรวจสอบ การ เช็ค การ ตรวจ สภาพ kan-truad-sob
check
N การ ทดสอบ kan-thod-sob
check
N การ หยุด การ หยุด อยู่กับที่ halt stay stop kan-yod
check
N การ เข้า กีดขวาง การ เข้า สกัด kan-khaol-kid-kwang
check
N รอย รอยร้าว เล็กๆ chip crack roi
check
N ลาย หมากรุก ตาหมากรุก lai-mak-ruk
check
N สิ่ง ที่ เหนี่ยวรั้ง จิตใจ sing-ti-niao-rang-jid-jai
check
N เช็ค หนังสือ ตราสาร bank check cheque cheak
check
N ใบเสร็จ chit tab bai-sed
check
VI ขีด กากบาท kid-kar-ka-bad
check
VI ตรวจสอบ ตรวจ เช็ค check up on look into suss out truad-sob
check
VI ทำ สัญลักษณ์ mark tick tam-san-ya-lak
check
VI ทำให้ เจริญเติบโต ช้า ลง ทำให้ โต ช้า tam-hai-ja-roen-tob-to-cha-long
check
VI รุกฆาต rok-kad
check
VI หยุด กระ ทัน หัน หยุดชะงัก stop yud-kra-tan-han
check
VI แตก ร้าว chink teak
check
VT ตรวจสอบ check up on look into suss out truad-sob
check
VT ฝาก ฝาก ของ fak
check
VT สำรวจ ให้ แน่ใจ ดู ให้ แน่ใจ ensure see sam-ruad-hai-nae-jai
check
VT หยุดยั้ง ยับยั้ง ควบคุม yud-yang
check back
PHRV ตรวจสอบ truad-sob
check in
PHRV ลงทะเบียน เพื่อ เข้า พัก เช็ค อิน long-ta-bian-puea-kao-pak
check in
PHRV ส่งคืน check out song-kuen
check in
PHRV เข้าทำงาน ลง เวลาทำงาน clock in kao-tam-ngan
check list
N รายการ รายชื่อ rai-kan
check off
PHRV ทำเครื่องหมาย แสดงว่า ตรวจสอบ แล้ว tick off tam-krueang-mai-sa-daeng-wa-truad-sob-laeol
check off
VT ทำเครื่องหมาย ไว้ check mark tick off tam-kreang-mai-wai
check on
PHRV ตรวจสอบ truad-sob
check on
PHRV เริ่ม เข้าทำงาน (ตามปกติ clock in roem-kao-tam-ngan
check out
PHRV จ่าย เงิน เมื่อ สิ้นสุด การ เข้า พัก ชำระเงิน book out jai-ngen-muea-sin-sud-kan-kao-pak
check out
VI ตรวจสอบ check check up on look into truad-sob
check out
VI ตาย (คำ สแลง die tai
check out
VI แจ้งออก ย้ายออก ออกจาก leave jaeng-ook
check over
PHRV ตรวจสอบ truad-sob
check over
PHRV ตรวจ สุขภาพ check up truad-suk-ka-pab
check over
VI ตรวจสอบ ตรวจทาน ตรวจ ความ เรียบร้อย check check up on look into truad-sob
check through
PHRV ตรวจสอบ (โดยเฉพาะ ข้อเขียน ตรวจ truad-sob
check up
PHRV ตรวจ สุขภาพ check over truad-suk-ka-pab
checked
ADJ ที่ มี ลายตา ราง หมากรุก ti-me-lai-ta-rang-mak-ruk
checker
N ตาราง หมากรุก ta-rang-mak-ruk
checker
N ผู้ ที่ ตรวจสอบ checkout person examiner phu-ti-truad-sob
checker
VT ใส่ เครื่องหมาย ตาราง หมากรุก sai-kreang-mai-ta-rang-mak-ruk
checkerberry
N ผล ไม้แดง ของ ต้นไม้ จำพวก Gaultheria procumbens
checkerboard
N กระดานหมากรุก หรือ หมากฮอส kra-dan-mak-ruk-rue-mak-hod
checkered
ADJ ที่ มี รูปร่าง เป็น สี่เหลี่ยมจตุรัส ti-me-rub-rang-pen-se-liam-ja-tu-rad
checklist
N รายชื่อ รายการ สิ่งของ list rai-chue
checkmate
N การ อยู่ ใน ตำแหน่ง ชนะ ใน การ เล่น หมากรุก mate kan-yu-nai-tam-naeng-cha-na-nai-kan-len-mak-ruk
checkmate
VT ทำให้ เข้าตาจน รุก ให้ จนแต้ม mate tam-hai-kaol-ta-jon
checkoff
N การเก็บเงิน ค่า สมาชิก สหภาพแรงงาน โดย หัก จาก เงินเดือน kan-keb-ngen-ka-sa-ma-chik-sa-ha-phab-rae-ngna-doi-hak-jak-ngen-dean
checkout
N การ ทดสอบ ความพร้อม การ ตรวจสอบ ก่อน ออก kan-thod-sob-kwam-prom
checkout
N การ แจ้งออก จาก ที่พัก หรือ ห้อง ของ โรงแรม checkout time kan-jaeng-ook-jak-ti-phak-rue-hong-kong-rong-raem
checkout
N จุด จ่าย เงิน ใน ห้างสรรพสินค้า checkout counter jud-jai-ngen-nai-hang-sab-pa-sin-ka
checkpoint
N ด่าน ตรวจ จุด ตรวจสอบ dan-truad
checkrein
N ตรวจสอบ เส้น check line
checkroom
N ห้อง รับฝาก วาง หมวก กระเป๋า หรือ สิ่งของ ไว้ ชั่วคราว cloakroom baggage room hong-rab-fak-wang-muak-kra-pao-rue-sing-kong-wai-chua-kraow
checkup
N การ ตรวจร่างกาย examination physical examination kan-truad-rang-kai
checky
A เกี่ยวกับ โล่ ห์ ตรา หรือ กระดานหมากรุก
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHECK
v.t. 1. To stop; to restrain; to hinder; to curb. It signifies to put an entire stop to motion, or to restrain its violence, and cause an abatement; to moderate.
2. To rebuke; to chide or reprove.
3. To compare any paper with its counterpart or with a cipher, with a view to ascertain its authenticity; to compare corresponding papers; to control by a counter-register.
4. In seamenship, to ease of a little of a rope, which is too stiffly extended; also, to stopper the cable.
CHECK
v.i. 1. To stop; to make a stop; with at.
The mid checks at any vigorous undertaking.
2. To clash or interfere.
I love to check with business.
3. To strike with repression.
CHECK
n. 1. A stop; hindrance; rebuff; sudden restraint, or continued restraint; curb; control; government.
2. That which stops or restrains, as reproof, reprimand, rebuke, slight or disgust, fear, apprehension, a person; any stop or obstruction.
3. In falconry, when a hawk forsakes her proper game, to follow rooks, pies, or other fowls, that cross her in her flight.
4. The correspondent cipher of a bank note; a corresponding indenture; any counter-register.
5. A term in chess, when one party obliges the other either to move or guard his king.
6. An order for money, drawn on a banker or on the cashier of a bank, payable to the bearer.
This is a sense derived from that in definition 4.
7. In popular use, checkered cloth; check, for checkered.
Check or check-roll, a roll or book containing the names of persons who are attendants and in the pay of a king or great personage, as domestic servants.
Clerk of the check, in the British Kings household, has the check and control of the yeomen of the guard, and all the ushers belonging to the royal family, the care of the watch, etc.
Clerk of the check, in the British Royal Dock-Yards, is an officer who keeps a register of all the men employed on board his majestys ships and vessels, and of all the artificers in the service of the navy, at the port where he is settled.
CHECKED, CHECKT
pp. Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded.
CHECKER
v.t. 1. To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by lines or stripes of different colors. Hence,
2. To diversify; to variegate with different qualities, scenes, or events.
Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood.
CHECKER
n. 1. One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.
2. A chess-board.
CHECKER, CHECKER-WORK
n.Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross lines.
CHECKERS
n.plu. A common game on a checkered board.
CHECKING
ppr. Stopping; curbing; restraining; moderating; controlling; rebuking.
CHECKLESS
a.That cannot be checked, or restrained.
CHECK-MATE
n. 1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite men, or hinders them from moving, so that the game is finished.
2. Defeat; overthrow.
CHECK-MATE
v.t.To finish.
CHECKY
n.In heraldry, a border that has more than two rows of checkers, or when the bordure or shield is checkered, like a chess-board.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHECK
Check, n. Etym: [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. échec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. échecs chess, through AR. , fr. Pers. shah king. See Shah, and cf. Checkmate, Chess, Checker. ]
1. (Chess )
Defn: A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. Wordsworth.
3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. Washington. A man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.
4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.
5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
7. (Falconry )
Defn: The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
8. Small chick or crack. Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech. ), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech. ), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs. ] Dryden.
Syn. -- Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.
CHECK
Check, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked; p. pr. & vb. n. checking. ]
1. (Chess )
Defn: To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. Burke.
3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item ) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.
4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.
5. (Naut. )
Defn: To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
Syn. -- To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.
CHECK
CHECK Check, v. i.
Defn: To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.
2. To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.
3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence ] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.
4. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
5. (Falconry )
Defn: To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. Shak.
CHECK
CHECK Check, a.
Defn: Checkered; designed in checks.
CHECKAGE
CHECKAGE Check "age, n.
1. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.
2. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.
CHECKER
Check "er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]
Defn: One who checks.
CHECKER
Check "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.]Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker. ]
1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp. , to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.
CHECKER
Check "er, n. Etym: [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]
1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
2. A pattern in checks; a single check.
3. Checkerwork.
Note: This word is also written chequer.
CHECKERBERRY
Check "er *ber `ry, n.; pl. Checkerberries. (Bot. )
Defn: A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens ). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens ).
CHECKERBOARD
CHECKERBOARD Check "er *board, n.
Defn: A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.
CHECKERED
CHECKERED Check "ered, a.
1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.
2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This checkered narrative. Macaulay.
CHECKERS
Check "ers, n. pl. Etym: [See Checher, v.]
Defn: A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers ) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
CHECKERWORK
CHECKERWORK Check "er *work `, n.
1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.
2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. De Foe.
CHECKLATON
CHECKLATON Check "la *ton, n.
1. Ciclatoun. [Obs. ]
2. Gilded leather. [Obs. ] Spenser.
CHECKLESS
CHECKLESS Check "less, a.
Defn: That can not be checked or restrained.
CHECKMATE
Check "mate, n. Etym: [F. échec et mat, fr. Per. shah mat ceckmate,lit. , the king is dead, fr. Ar. mata he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess. ]
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
CHECKMATE
Check "mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n.Checkmating.]
1. (Chess )
Defn: To check (an adversary's king ) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary ) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.
CHECKREIN
CHECKREIN Check "rein `, n.
1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
CHECKROLL
CHECKROLL Check "roll `, n.
Defn: A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
CHECKSTRING
CHECKSTRING Check "string `, n.
Defn: A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
CHECKWORK
CHECKWORK Check "work, n.
Defn: Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
CHECKY
CHECKY Check "y, a. (Her. )
Defn: Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, cheguy.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
check
check 1 |CHek tʃɛk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 examine (something ) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something: customs officers have the right to check all luggage | [ no obj. ] : a simple blood test to check for anemia. • verify or establish to one's satisfaction: check the expiration date on your passport | [ with clause ] : she glanced over her shoulder to check that the door was shut. • (check against ) verify the accuracy of something by comparing it with (something else ): keep your receipt to check against your statement. • another way of saying check something off. • another way of saying check something in. • [ no obj. ] agree or correspond when compared. • informal look at; take notice of: check the remix. 2 stop or slow down the progress of (something undesirable ): efforts were made to check the disease. • curb or restrain (a feeling or emotion ): he learned to check his excitement. • Hockey hamper or neutralize (an opponent ) with one's body or stick. • [ no obj. ] (check against ) provide a means of preventing: processes to check against deterioration in the quality of the data held. • [ no obj. ] (of a hound ) pause to make sure of or regain a scent. • [ no obj. ] (of a trained hawk ) abandon the intended quarry and fly after other prey. 3 [ with obj. ] Chess move a piece or pawn so that (the opposing king ) is under attack. 4 [ no obj. ] (in poker ) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing the action to move to another player. ▶noun 1 an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition: a campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances | a health check. 2 a stopping or slowing of progress: there was no check to the expansion of the market. • a means of control or restraint: a permanent check upon the growth or abuse of central authority. • Hockey an act of hampering or neutralizing an opponent with one's body or stick. • a temporary loss of the scent in hunting. • Falconry a false stoop when a hawk abandons its intended quarry and pursues other prey. • a part of a piano that catches the hammer and prevents it from retouching the strings. 3 Chess a move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king. If the defending player cannot counter the attack, the king is checkmated. 4 the bill in a restaurant. • (also baggage /luggage check ) a token of identification for left luggage. • a counter used as a stake in a gambling game. 5 short for check mark. 6 a crack or flaw in timber. ▶exclam. 1 informal expressing assent or agreement. 2 used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check. PHRASES in check 1 under control: a way of keeping inflation in check. 2 Chess (of a king ) directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn; (of a player ) having the king in this position. keep a check on monitor: keep a regular check on your score. PHRASAL VERBS check in (or check someone in ) arrive and register at a hotel or airport: you must check in at least one hour before takeoff | they check in the passengers. check something in have one's baggage weighed and put aside for consignment to the hold of an aircraft on which one is booked to travel. • register and leave baggage in a left-luggage department. check into register one's arrival at (a hotel ). check something off tick or otherwise mark an item on a list to show that it has been dealt with. check on 1 verify, ascertain, or monitor the state or condition of: the doctor had come to check on his patient. 2 another way of saying check up on. check out settle one's hotel bill before leaving. • informal die. check someone /something out 1 establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something: they decided to go and check out a local restaurant. 2 (check something out ) enter the price of goods in a supermarket into a cash machine for addition and payment by a customer. • register something as having been borrowed. check something over inspect or examine something thoroughly. check through inspect or examine thoroughly. check up on investigate in order to establish the truth about or accuracy of. DERIVATIVES check a ble adjective ORIGIN Middle English (originally as used in the game of chess ): the noun and exclamation from Old French eschec, from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king ’; the verb from Old French eschequier ‘play chess, put in check. ’ The sense ‘stop, restrain, or control ’ arose from the use in chess, and led (in the late 17th cent. ) to ‘examine the accuracy of, verify. ’
check
check 2 |tʃɛk CHek |(Brit. cheque ) ▶noun a written order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account: he was awarded a check for $1,000. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (originally denoting a check stub ): variant of check 1, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item. ’
check
check 3 |tʃɛk CHek | ▶noun a pattern of small squares: a fine black-and-white check. • a garment or fabric with such a pattern. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] having such a pattern: a blue check T-shirt. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from checker 2 .
checkbook
check book |ˈCHekˌbo͝ok ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk | ▶noun a book of blank checks with a register for recording checks written.
checkbook journalism
check book jour nal ism ▶noun chiefly derogatory the practice of paying large amounts of money for exclusive rights to material for newspaper stories, esp. personal ones.
checkbox
check box |ˈCHekˌbäks ˈtʃekbɑːks | ▶noun Computing a small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
checked
checked |CHekt tʃɛkt | ▶adjective 1 (of clothes or fabric ) having a pattern of small squares: a checked shirt. 2 Phonetics (of a vowel ) followed by one or more consonants in the same syllable.
checker
check er 1 |ˈCHekər ˈtʃɛkər | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that verifies or examines something: a spelling checker. 2 a cashier in a supermarket.
checker
check er 2 |ˈtʃɛkər ˈCHekər |(Brit. chequer ) ▶noun 1 (often checkers ) a pattern of squares, typically alternately colored: a geometric shape bordered by checkers | (as modifier checker ) : a checker design. 2 ( checkers ) [ treated as sing. ] a game for two players, with twelve pieces each, played on a checkerboard. • ( checker ) a round flat piece, usually red or black, used to play checkers. ORIGIN Middle English: from exchequer. The original sense ‘chessboard ’ gave rise to checkered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard ’; hence sense 1 (early 16th cent ).
Checker, Chubby
Check er, Chubby |ˈCHekər ˌtʃɛkər | (1941 –), US singer; born Ernest Evans. He popularized dance crazes such as “The Twist ” (1960 ).
checkerberry
check er ber ry |ˈCHekərˌberē ˈtʃɛkərˌbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. checkerberries ) a creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heath family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. Also called wintergreen. [Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae. ] • the edible red fruit of this plant. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from checkers or chequers ‘berries of the service tree ’ (so named from their color ) + berry .
checkerboard
check er board |ˈCHekərˌbôrd ˈtʃɛkərˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun a board for playing checkers and certain other games, with a regular pattern of squares in alternating colors, typically black and white. • a pattern resembling such a board.
checkered
check ered |ˈCHekərd ˈtʃɛkərd | ▶adjective having a pattern of alternating squares of different colors. • marked by periods of varied fortune or discreditable incidents: his checkered past might hurt his electability.
checkered flag
check ered flag ▶noun Auto Racing a flag with a black-and-white checkered pattern, displayed to drivers as they finish a race. PHRASES take the checkered flag finish first in a race: Unser took the checkered flag four times this spring.
checkerspot
check er spot |ˈCHekərˌspät ˈtʃɛkərspɑt | ▶noun a North American butterfly with pale markings on the wings that typically form a checkered pattern. [Euphydryas and other genera, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular the Baltimore checkerspot (E. phaeton ).]
check-in
check-in |ˈtʃɛk ˌɪn | ▶noun [ often as modifier ] the act of reporting one's presence and registering, typically at an airport or hotel: the check-in counter. • the point at which such registration takes place.
checking account
check ing ac count |ˈtʃɛkɪŋ əˌkaʊnt |(Canadian chequing account ) ▶noun an account at a bank against which checks can be drawn by the account depositor. ORIGIN 1920s: from check 3 .
checklist
check list |ˈCHekˌlist ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst | ▶noun a list of items required, things to be done, or points to be considered, used as a reminder.
check mark
check mark |ˈtʃekmɑːk | ▶noun a mark (✓) used to indicate that a textual item is correct or has been chosen or verified.
checkmate
check mate |ˈCHekˌmāt ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt | ▶noun Chess a check from which a king cannot escape. • [ as exclamation ] (by a player ) announcing that the opponent's king is in such a position. • a final defeat or deadlock: if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate. ▶verb [ with obj. ] Chess put into checkmate. • defeat or frustrate totally: the use of technology to checkmate present missile technology. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh manad ‘the king is helpless. ’
checkout
check out |ˈCHekˌout ˈtʃɛkˌaʊt | ▶noun 1 a point at which goods are paid for in a supermarket or other store: [ as modifier ] : packaging that is scanned at the checkout counter. 2 the administrative procedure followed when a guest leaves a hotel at the end of a stay: [ as modifier ] : checkout time.
checkpoint
check point |ˈCHekˌpoint ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt | ▶noun a barrier or manned entrance, typically at a border, where travelers are subject to security checks. • a place along the route of a long-distance race where the time for each competitor is recorded. • a location whose exact position can be verified visually or electronically, used by pilots to aid navigation.
check rein
check rein ▶noun a bearing rein.
checkroom
check room |ˈCHekˌro͞om, -ˌro͝om ˈtʃɛkˌrum ˈtʃɛkˌrʊm | ▶noun a room in a public building where coats, hats, luggage, etc. , may be left temporarily.
checks and balances
checks and bal anc es |tʃɛks ænd | ▶plural noun counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
checksum
check sum |ˈCHekˌsəm ˈtʃɛkˌsəm | ▶noun a digit representing the sum of the correct digits in a piece of stored or transmitted digital data, against which later comparisons can be made to detect errors in the data.
checkup
check up |ˈCHekˌəp ˈtʃɛkˌəp | ▶noun a thorough examination, esp. a medical or dental one.
check valve
check valve ▶noun a valve that closes to prevent backward flow of liquid.
Oxford Dictionary
check
check 1 |tʃɛk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 examine (something ) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something: customs officers have the right to check all luggage | [ no obj. ] : a simple blood test to check for anaemia. • verify or establish to one's satisfaction: phone us to check the availability of your chosen holiday | [ with clause ] : she glanced over her shoulder to check that the door was shut. • (check something against ) verify the accuracy of something by comparing it with (something else ): keep your receipt to check against your statement. • N. Amer. another way of saying check something off. • N. Amer. another way of saying check something in. • [ no obj. ] agree or correspond when compared. • informal look at; take notice of: check the remix. 2 stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable ): efforts were made to check the disease. • curb or control (one's feelings or reaction ): he learned to check his excitement. • Ice Hockey hamper or neutralize (an opponent ) with one's body or stick. • [ no obj. ] (check against ) provide a means of preventing: processes to check against deterioration in the quality of the data held. 3 [ with obj. ] Chess move a piece or pawn to a square where it attacks (the opposing king ). 4 [ no obj. ] (in poker ) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead. 5 [ no obj. ] (of a hound ) pause to make sure of or regain a scent. • (of a trained hawk ) abandon the intended quarry and fly after other prey. ▶noun 1 an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition: a campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances | a health check. 2 a stopping or slowing of progress: there was no check to the expansion of the market. • a means of control or restraint: a permanent check upon the growth or abuse of central authority. • Ice Hockey an act of hampering or neutralizing an opponent with one's body or stick. • a temporary loss of the scent in hunting. • Falconry the movement made by a hawk when it abandons its intended quarry and pursues other prey. 3 Chess a move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king and by which the king may be checkmated. 4 N. Amer. the bill in a restaurant. 5 (also baggage or luggage check ) a token of identification for left luggage. 6 a counter used as a stake in a gambling game. 7 (also check mark ) North American term for tick 1 ( sense 1 of the noun ). 8 a part of a piano which catches the hammer and prevents it retouching the strings. 9 a crack or flaw in timber. ▶exclamation 1 informal, chiefly N. Amer. expressing assent or agreement. 2 used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check. PHRASES checks and balances counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that power in political institutions is not concentrated in the hands of particular individuals or groups. in check 1 under control: a way of keeping inflation in check. 2 Chess (of a king ) directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn; (of a player ) having the king in this position. keep a check on monitor: keep a regular check on your score. PHRASAL VERBS check in (or check someone in ) arrive and register at a hotel or airport: you must check in at least one hour before take-off | they check in the passengers. check something in have one's baggage weighed and put aside for consignment to the hold of an aircraft on which one is booked to travel. • register and leave baggage in a left-luggage department. check into register one's arrival at (a hotel ). check something off N. Amer. tick or otherwise mark an item on a list to show that it has been dealt with. check on 1 verify, ascertain, or monitor the state or condition of: the doctor had come to check on his patient. 2 another way of saying check up on. check out 1 settle one's hotel bill before leaving. • N. Amer. informal die. 2 prove to be true or correct. check someone /thing out 1 establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something: they decided to go and check out a local restaurant. • look at; take notice of: do check out his website | check out the chick in the leopardskin top. 2 (check something out ) chiefly N. Amer. enter the price of goods in a supermarket into a cash machine. • register something as having been borrowed. check something over inspect or examine something thoroughly. check through inspect or examine thoroughly. check up on investigate in order to establish the truth about or accuracy of: Don called me to check up on some facts. DERIVATIVES checkable adjective ORIGIN Middle English (originally as used in the game of chess ): the noun and exclamation from Old French eschec, from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king ’; the verb from Old French eschequier ‘play chess, put in check ’. The sense ‘stop or control ’ arose from the use in chess, and led (in the late 17th cent. ) to ‘examine the accuracy of ’.
check
check 2 ▶noun US spelling of cheque.
check
check 3 |tʃɛk | ▶noun a pattern of small squares: a fine black-and-white check. • a garment or fabric with a pattern of small squares: on Wednesdays he wore the small check. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] having a checked pattern: a blue check T-shirt. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from chequer ( sense 1 of the noun ).
checkbox
check |box |ˈtʃɛkbɒks | ▶noun Computing a small area on a computer screen which, when selected by the user, shows that a particular feature has been enabled.
checked
checked |tʃɛkt | ▶adjective having a pattern of small squares: a checked shirt.
checker
checker 1 |ˈtʃɛkə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that verifies or examines something: a spelling and grammar checker. 2 US a cashier in a supermarket.
checker
checker 2 |ˈtʃɛkə | ▶noun & verb US spelling of chequer.
Checker, Chubby
Check er, Chubby |ˈCHekər ˌtʃɛkər | (1941 –), US singer; born Ernest Evans. He popularized dance crazes such as “The Twist ” (1960 ).
checkerberry
checker |berry |ˈtʃɛkəbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. checkerberries ) a creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heather family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. Also called wintergreen. ●Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae. • the edible red fruit of the checkerberry plant. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from checkers or chequers ‘berries of the service tree ’ (so named from their colour ) + berry .
checkerboard
checker |board ▶noun US spelling of chequerboard.
checkered
check |ered ▶adjective US spelling of chequered.
checkerspot
checker |spot ▶noun a North American butterfly that resembles a fritillary, with pale markings on the wings that typically form a chequered pattern. ●Euphydryas and other genera, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae.
check-in
check-in ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ often as modifier ] the action of registering one's presence, typically as a passenger at an airport: the check-in counter. • the point at which someone checks in.
checking account
checking account |ˈtʃɛkɪŋ |(Canadian chequing account ) ▶noun N. Amer. a current account at a bank. ORIGIN 1920s: from check 2 .
checklist
check |list |ˈtʃɛklɪst | ▶noun a list of items required, things to be done, or points to be considered, used as a reminder.
check mark
check mark |ˈtʃɛkmɑːk | ▶noun N. Amer. another term for check 1 ( sense 7 of the noun ).
checkmate
check |mate |ˈtʃɛkmeɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chess a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game. • [ as exclamation ] said by a player to announce that the opponent's king is in the position of checkmate. • a final defeat or deadlock: if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate. ▶verb [ with obj. ] Chess put into checkmate. • defeat or frustrate totally: the vice president checkmated that strategy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh māt ‘the king is dead ’.
checkout
check |out |ˈtʃɛkaʊt | ▶noun 1 a point at which goods are paid for in a supermarket or similar store. 2 [ mass noun ] the administrative procedure followed when a guest leaves a hotel at the end of their stay.
checkpoint
check |point |ˈtʃɛkpɔɪnt | ▶noun a barrier or manned entrance, typically at a border, where security checks are carried out on travellers. • a place on the route in a long-distance race where the time for each competitor is recorded. • a location whose exact position can be verified visually or electronically, used by pilots to aid navigation.
check rein
check rein ▶noun a bearing rein.
checkroom
check |room |ˈtʃɛkruːm, -rʊm | ▶noun N. Amer. a cloakroom in a hotel or theatre. • an office for left luggage.
checksum
checksum |ˈtʃɛksʌm | ▶noun a digit representing the sum of the correct digits in a piece of stored or transmitted digital data, against which later comparisons can be made to detect errors in the data.
check-up
check-up ▶noun a thorough examination, especially a medical or dental one, to detect any problems.
check valve
check valve ▶noun a valve that closes to prevent backward flow of liquid.
American Oxford Thesaurus
check
check verb 1 troops checked all vehicles | I checked her background: examine, inspect, look at /over, scrutinize, survey; study, investigate, research, probe, look into, inquire into; informal check out, give something a once-over. 2 he checked that the gun was cocked: make sure, confirm, verify. 3 two defeats checked their progress: halt, stop, arrest, cut short; bar, obstruct, hamper, impede, inhibit, frustrate, foil, thwart, curb, block, stall, hold up, retard, delay, slow down; literary stay. 4 her tears could not be checked: suppress, repress, restrain, control, curb, rein in, stifle, hold back, choke back; informal keep a lid on. ▶noun 1 a check of the records: examination, inspection, scrutiny, perusal, study, investigation, probe, analysis; test, trial, monitoring; checkup; informal once-over, look-see. 2 a check on the abuse of authority: control, restraint, constraint, curb, limitation. 3 write a check in the amount of $150: bank draft; traveler's check, certified check, bank check; paycheck. 4 the waitress arrived with the check: bill, account, invoice, statement, tab. PHRASES check in I checked in at two o'clock sharp: report (one's arrival ), sign in, register. check out 1 we'll be checking out in the morning: leave, vacate, depart; pay the bill, settle up. 2 the police checked out dozens of leads: investigate, look into, inquire into, probe, research, examine, go over; assess, analyze, evaluate; follow up; informal give something a once-over, scope out. 3 she checked herself out in the mirror: look at, survey, regard, inspect, contemplate; informal eyeball. keep in check I try to keep my temper in check: curb, restrain, hold back, keep a tight rein on, rein in /back; control, govern, master, suppress, stifle; informal keep a lid on.
checkered
checkered adjective 1 a checkered tablecloth: checked, plaid, tartan, multicolored, many-colored. 2 a checkered history: varied, mixed, up and down, full of ups and downs, vicissitudinous; unstable, irregular, erratic, inconstant.
checkup
checkup noun I saw the doctor for my annual checkup: examination, inspection, evaluation, analysis, survey, probe, test, appraisal; check, health check; informal once-over, going-over.
Oxford Thesaurus
check
check verb 1 troops set up a road block and checked all vehicles | I checked up on your background: examine, inspect, look at, look over, scrutinize, scan, survey; study, investigate, research, probe, dissect, explore, look into, enquire into, go into, go over with a fine-tooth comb; check out, test, monitor, review; informal give something a /the once-over, give something a look-see, give something a going-over. 2 he checked that the gun was cocked: make sure, confirm, verify, corroborate, validate, substantiate. 3 two successive defeats checked their progress: halt, stop, arrest, bring to a standstill, cut short; bar, obstruct, hamper, impede, inhibit, frustrate, foil, thwart, stand in the way of, prevent, curb, block, stall, hold up, interfere with, retard, delay, slow down, brake, put a brake on; stem, staunch; archaic stay. 4 her tears could not be checked: suppress, repress, restrain, contain, control, curb, rein in, bridle, smother, muffle, stifle, keep in check, hold back, swallow, choke back, fight back, bite back, bottle up; informal nip in the bud, keep a lid on. ANTONYMS release. PHRASES check in at the airport they check in at a special desk: report, report one's arrival, record one's arrival, book oneself in, book in, enrol, register. check out she checked out of the hotel without saying goodbye: leave, vacate, depart from, exit from, take one's leave from; pay the bill, pay up, settle up. check something out informal 1 the police have checked out dozens of leads: investigate, look into, enquire into, probe, research, sound out, examine, go over, go through, vet; assess, weigh up, analyse, evaluate; follow up; informal suss out, recce, give something a /the once-over, give something a going-over; N. Amer. informal scope out; rare anatomize. 2 she checked herself out in the mirror: look at, observe, survey, gaze at, regard, inspect, contemplate; take note of; informal have a gander at, have a squint at, get a load of; Brit. informal take a dekko at, have a butcher's at, take a shufti at, clock; N. Amer. informal eyeball. ▶noun 1 they did an official check of the records: examination, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, check-up, perusal, study, investigation, probe, dissection, analysis, assessment, enquiry; test, trial, assay, monitoring; informal once-over, going-over, look-see; rare anatomization. 2 a permanent check on the abuse of authority: control, restraint, constraint, break, bridle, curb, deterrent, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, inhibition, limitation. 3 N. Amer. the waitress arrived with the check: bill, account, invoice, statement, list of charges, tally; amount due; informal the damage; N. Amer. informal tab; Brit. informal, dated shot; archaic reckoning, score. PHRASES keep something in check I strive to keep my temper in check: curb, restrain, hold back, keep under control, keep a tight rein on, bridle, rein in, rein back; control, govern, master, repress, suppress, subdue, stifle, smother, tone down; informal keep a lid on, nip in the bud.
check-up
check-up noun you should go to the hospital for a check-up: examination, inspection, assessment, evaluation, analysis, survey, scan, scrutinization, scrutiny, observation, exploration, probe, test, appraisal; check, health check; informal once-over, going-over, overhaul.
Duden Dictionary
Check
Check Substantiv, maskulin , der |t͜ʃɛk |der Check; Genitiv: des Checks, Plural: die Checks 1 Überprüfung von etwas hinsichtlich Funktionsfähigkeit, Sicherheit u. Ä.englisch check = Kontrolle 2 englisch check, eigentlich = Hindernis < altfranzösisch eschec = Schach Eishockey das Checken 1
checken
che cken schwaches Verb |ˈt͜ʃɛkn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to check 1 Eishockey (einen Gegenspieler ) rempeln, behindern 2 besonders Technik nachprüfen, kontrollieren ein Flugzeug vor dem Start checken 3 salopp begreifen; kapieren hast du das endlich gecheckt?
Checker
Che cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |Ch e cker ˈt͜ʃɛkɐ |der Checker; Genitiv: des Checkers, Plural: die Checker 1 englisch checker Technik Kontrolleur, Prüfer 2 salopp jemand, der etwas checkt 3
Checkerin
Che cke rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Ch e ckerin |die Checkerin; Genitiv: der Checkerin, Plural: die Checkerinnen weibliche Form zu Checker
Check-in
Check-in Substantiv, Neutrum oder Substantiv, maskulin , das oder der |Check-in t͜ʃɛkˈ |ɪn auch ˈt͜ʃɛk |ɪn |das Check-in oder der Check-in; Genitiv: des Check-in [s ], Plural: die Check-ins englisch 1 Abfertigung des Fluggastes vor Beginn des Fluges 2 Anmeldung des Gastes im Hotel bei der Anreise
Check-in-Automat
Check-in-Au to mat Substantiv, maskulin Flugwesen , der |Check- i n-Automat |Automat, an dem Passagiere (vor dem Abflug ) selbst einchecken
Checking
Che cking Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Ch e cking |das Checking; Genitiv: des Checkings, Plural: die Checkings das Checken
Checklist
Check list Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die Checkliste |ˈt͜ʃɛk …|die Checklist; Genitiv: der Checklist, Plural: die Checklists englisch check-list, aus: check = Kontrolle und list = Liste Kontrollliste
Checkliste
Check lis te Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die Checklist englisch check-list, aus: check = Kontrolle und list = Liste Kontrollliste
Check-out
Check-out Substantiv, Neutrum oder Substantiv, maskulin , das oder der |t͜ʃɛkˈ |a͜ut auch ˈt͜ʃɛk |a͜ut |das Check-out oder der Check-out; Genitiv: des Check-out [s ], Plural: die Check-outs englisch-amerikanisch check-out 1 Durchführung automatischer Kontrollmaßnahmen bei der Herstellung und Prüfung von technischen Geräten 2 Abmeldung des Gastes im Hotel bei der Abreise
Checkpoint
Check point Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈt͜ʃɛkpɔ͜ynt |der Checkpoint; Genitiv: des Checkpoints, Plural: die Checkpoints englisch checkpoint, aus: check = Kontrolle und point = Punkt, Stelle Kontrollpunkt an Grenzübergängen
Check-up
Check-up Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |ˈt͜ʃɛk |ap auch …ˈ |ap |der oder das Check-up; Genitiv: des Check-up [s ], Plural: die Check-ups englisch check-up umfangreiche medizinische Vorsorgeuntersuchung
French Dictionary
checker
checker FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour contrôler, observer, regarder, vérifier.
check-list
check-list FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour liste de pointage, liste de vérification.
check-up
check-up FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour examen général, bilan de santé (pour une personne ) et inspection, vérification (pour un appareil, une voiture ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
check
check /tʃek / (! Czechと同音 ) 〖原義は 「(チェスの )王手 」〗動詞 ～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 a. 〈人が 〉〈物 事など 〉を (正しいか 正常か 安全か )調べる, 検査する , 調査する ; «…がないか » 点検する «for » ▸ check the accounts [label ]勘定が正しいか [ラベルの内容を ]チェックする ▸ I checked the document for error .書類に誤りがないか点検した .b. 〖check that節 /wh節 〗〈人が 〉 (点検して )…だと […か ]確認する ; 【人に聞いて 】…を確かめる «with » ▸ He checked that [whether ] all the doors were locked .彼はドアがすべて施錠されていること [かどうか ]を確かめた .c. 〈人が 〉 «…と比べて » 〈物 〉を照合する «with , against » ; ｟米 ｠〈人が 〉〈物 〉にチェック [照合 ]済み の印 〘✓〙を付ける (off )(｟英 ｠tick 1 ) (!日本では ○ (正解 合格など )に相当する ) ▸ Check your results with [against ] mine .君の結果を私のと照合しなさい ▸ Check the correct answer .正解にチェックマーク 〘✓〙を付けなさい ▸ check off a box 四角にチェックを入れる .2 a. 〈人 物などが 〉〈物 事など 〉を急に止める ; 〈悪事など 〉を阻止する , 抑制する ▸ check the advance of the enemy 敵の進攻をくい止める .b. 〈人 物が 〉〈感情 言動など 〉を抑える , 止める ▸ check the impulse 衝動を抑える ▸ check oneself 思いとどまる, 自制する .3 ｟主に米 ｠(空港 駅で出発前に )〈荷物 〉を預ける ; (劇場 レストランなどで )〈所持品 〉を一時預ける ▸ All your baggage must be checked .お荷物はすべてお預け願います .4 〈物 〉に格子じま [チェック ]模様を付ける .5 〘チェス 〙〈相手 〉に王手をかける .自動詞 1 «…を /…がないか » 点検する , 調べる , 検査する «into, on /for » ; 【人などに 】確かめる , 相談する «with » ; 【人 物などの 】様子 [無事 ]を確認する «on » ▸ Just a moment, please. I'll have to check .ちょっとお待ちください . 確認しなければいけません ▸ Let me check with my wife .妻に確かめてみます ▸ The nurse checked on the patient .看護師は患者の様子を見た ▸ Just checking .｟話 ｠(聞いたのは )ただ確認したかっただけだ (気を悪くしないでほしい ).2 «…と » 符合する , 一致する «with » ▸ The accounts checked with mine .勘定が私のと一致した .3 ｟米 ｠小切手を振り出す .4 〈人 車などが 〉急に止まる ; (猟犬が立ち止まって )臭跡を拾う .5 〘チェス 〙王手をかける .ch è ck í n 1 【ホテルで 】宿泊手続きをする ; 【空港などで 】搭乗手続きをする ; 【病院で 】入院手続きをする «at » ▸ check in at the airport for the return flight 空港で帰りの便の搭乗手続きをする .2 【会社などで 】(タイムレコーダーなどで )出勤 [到着など ]を届ける «at » .3 ｟主に米 ｠【人に 】連絡を取る «with » .4 ｟米俗 ｠死ぬ .ch è ck A í n [í n A ]1 〈人が 〉 (空港などで )A 〈荷物 〉を預ける ; A 〈人 〉をチェックインさせる .2 ｟米 ｠A 〈借りた本など 〉を返却する .ch é ck into A 1 A 〈ホテル 〉にチェックインする ; A 〈病院 〉に入院する ; Aに到着する .2 ↑自動詞 1 .ch è ck ó ut 1 (料金を払って )【ホテルを 】出る, チェックアウトする «of » ▸ check out of the hotel at 10 10時にホテルをチェックアウトする .2 ｟米 ｠(支払いを済ませ店から )出る ; 退去 [退社 ]する .3 〈情報などが 〉 (調査 照合の結果 )正しいと判明する .ch è ck A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 A 〈物 事 〉を調査 [点検 ]する ; A 〈人 〉の素行などを調べる ▸ Right. I'll check it out .わかりました . 調べましょう .2 ｟主に米 くだけた話 ｠A 〈魅力的な人 物 〉に注目する ▸ check out the new CD その新しいCDを聞いてみる ▸ Check it out !要チェックだね .3 ｟米 ｠A 〈本 〉を借り出す ; (手続きして )A 〈物 〉を受け取る .4 ｟米 ｠(店で )A 〈人 〉の会計を済ます .ch è ck A ó ver [ó ver A ]1 A 〈物 〉を (誤りなどを見つけるために )念入りに見る, 点検する .2 A 〈人 〉を診察する .ch è ck thr ó ugh A (何かを探して )A 〈物 〉をくまなく調べる .ch è ck A thr ó ugh [thr ó ugh A ]＝check A over (1 ).ch è ck A ú p [ú p A ]＝check A out (1 ).ch è ck ú p on A 1 A 〈事 〉を (慎重に )調査する ; A 〈人 〉の行動 [背後関係など ]を調べ上げる .2 A 〈人 〉の健康 [安否 ]を確かめる .名詞 複 ～s /-s /1 C a. «…に対する /…のための » 検査, 点検 , チェック ; 試験 ; 照合 , 引き合わせ «on /for » ▸ carry out [run, make ] a check on all players [for leaks ]選手全員を [漏れがないか ]検査する ▸ do [conduct ] a security check 安全点検を行う ▸ I have a regular check on my blood pressure .私は血圧の定期検査を受けている ▸ keep a check on the temperature 気温 [体温 ]を絶えずチェックしておく .b. ｟米 ｠チェックの印, 検査済みの印 (check mark , ｟英 ｠tick 1 )(↑他動詞 1c ) 〘✓〙.2 C ｟かたく ｠ «…に対する » 抑制, 阻止 , 妨害 ; 停止 «on » ; U 抑制 [停止 ]すること ▸ keep [hold ] a check on the radicals' activities ≒keep [hold ] the radicals' activities in check 急進派の活動を抑制する ▸ come to a check 突然停止する .3 U チェック模様 , 格子じま ; C チェック柄の織物 [衣服 ]; 〖形容詞的に 〗チェックの ▸ I like checks .チェック (の服 )が好きだ ▸ a check shirt チェックのシャツ .4 C ｟米 ｠【金額分の 】小切手 (｟英 ｠cheque ) «for » ▸ a check for $100 100ドル (分 )の小切手 ▸ pay by check 小切手で支払う .5 C ｟主に米 スコット ｠(レストランなどの )伝票 , 勘定書 (｟英 ｠bill 1 )▸ Check, please! ≒Could I have the check ?勘定をお願いします .6 C ｟米 ｠(レストラン 劇場などの )クローク 〘手荷物預り所 〙; (クロークで渡される )預り札 , 合い札 , チッキ (coat [hat ] check )▸ a baggage check 手荷物預り証 .7 U 〘チェス 〙王手 (攻め ).8 C ひび, 割れ目 (crack ).9 C 〘アイスホッケー 〙チェック .ch è cks and b á lances 抑制と均衡 〘立法 行政 司法の権限のバランスを取るためのシステム 〙.間投詞 1 ｟主に米話 ｠いいよ, オーケー ▸ “Is the meal ready? ” “Check .”「食事の準備できた?」「オーケーだよ 」.2 〘チェス 〙王手 !～́ c à rd ｟米 ｠デビットカード (debit card )(→cheque card ) 〘当座預金から買い物の支払いが行われる 〙.～́ ing acc ò unt ｟米 ｠当座預金 (口座 )(｟英 ｠current account ).～́ l ì st ＝checklist .
checkbook
ch é ck b ò ok 名詞 C ｟米 ｠(銀行発行の )小切手帳 (｟英 ｠chequebook ).～́ j ò urnalism ｟非難して ｠小切手ジャーナリズム 〘新聞社 [報道メディア ]が大金を払って, 特に有名人の秘密情報を独占的に入手し記事にするやり方 〙.
checked
ch é cked /-t /形容詞 1 格子じまの, チェックの .2 〘音声 〙〈音節が 〉子音で終わる ; 閉音節の ; 〈母音が 〉抑止性の .
checker
ch é ck er 1 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠スーパーマーケットのレジ係 (cashier 1 ).2 検査する人 [もの ]▸ a spell [grammar ] checker 〘コンピュ 〙スペル [文法 ]チェッカー .
checker
check er 2 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠〖～s; 単数扱い 〗チェッカー (draughts, ｟英 ｠chequers ) 〘2人で各々の12のこまを取り合うボードゲーム 〙.2 チェッカーのこま .3 (交互に配色された )格子じま模様 .動詞 他動詞 1 …を格子じま模様にする .2 …の色 [性質 ]を多様化させる .
checkerboard
ch é cker b ò ard ｟米 ｠名詞 C チェッカー盤 (｟英 ｠chessboard, ｟英 ｠draughtboard ) 〘64個の白黒交互の正方ますからなる 〙.形容詞 〖～ pattern 〗格子じま (模様 )の .動詞 他動詞 …を格子じま模様にする [並べる ].
checkered
ch é ck ered 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 波乱に富んだ 〈歴史 人生など 〉.2 (多彩な )正方形を並べた .3 多彩な (変化を起こす ).～̀ fl á g チェッカーフラッグ .～̀ p á st 波乱万丈の過去 .
check-in
ch é ck- ì n 名詞 U 1 チェックインする場所 (check-in counter ｟米 ｠ [desk ｟英 ｠]).2 (ホテル 空港 病院で )受付を済ますこと, チェックイン (すること )(↔check-out ; →check ).
checklist
ch é ck l ì st 名詞 C チェックリスト, 照合簿, 確認表 .
checkmate
check mate /tʃékmèɪt /〖語源は 「王の死 」〗名詞 C U 1 〘チェス 〙チェックメイト, 王手 (→chess ).2 完敗, 失脚 .動詞 他動詞 1 〘チェス 〙〈人 〉に勝つ, 〈相手 (のキング )〉を (追い )詰める .2 〈人 〉を完敗させる .間投詞 〘チェス 〙チェックメイト, 詰み (!単にMate! ともいう ) .
check-out
ch é ck- ò ut 名詞 1 C (スーパーなどの )レジ ; 代金精算 .2 U (ホテルでの )精算 [チェックアウト ]をすること, チェックアウトする時間 (check-out time ), 精算場所 (check-out counter ｟米 ｠ [desk ｟英 ｠])(↔check-in ; →check ).
checkpoint
ch é ck p ò int 名詞 C (国境などでの )検問所, 検札所 .
checkroom
ch é ck r ò om 名詞 C (ホテル レストランなどの )クローク, 手荷物一時預り所 (｟英 ｠cloakroom ); (駅などの )有料手荷物一時預り所 (｟英 ｠left-luggage office ).
check(-)up
ch é ck (-)ù p 名詞 C 1 (医者による )精密検査, 健康診断 .2 (機械などの )点検, (定期 )検査 .
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