crossword

• n. 纵横字谜；纵横填字谜（等于cross puzzle）

来自cross和word的合成词。

crossword (adj.)

January 1914, from cross (adj.) + word (n.). The first one ran in the "New York World" newspaper Dec. 21, 1913, but was called word-cross.

crossword (n.)

1925, short for crossword puzzle (q.v.).

1. Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle.

她的母亲叹了口气，擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't chuck yesterday's paper out. I still haven't done the crossword.

别扔了昨天的报纸. 我还没做字谜游戏呢.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.

他对填字游戏表现出很大兴趣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. It was like a crossword puzzle frozen into a house.

它象一个由纵横字迷拚成的房子.

来自辞典例句

5. Will you help me with this crossword puzzle? It got me stumped.

你帮我解这个纵横字谜好 吗 ?它难住我了.

来自辞典例句