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Checkered Career Describe Nascar 英 Tʃekəd] 美 Tʃekəd Adj.分成方格的;色彩多样的;有大变化的

英语单词 checkered
英美音标 英 ['tʃekəd] 美 ['tʃekəd]
中文释义 adj.分成方格的;色彩多样的;有大变化的
动词checker的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) A checkered career.
中文例句 (1) 充满波折的经历
vocabulary简明 The author who sells a million copies of her first book, four of the second, wins a prize for the third and dies at the ceremony has had a checkered career: it's got bright spots and dark ones, like a checkerboard.
vocabulary扩展 Checkered is a funny word; it can be used to describe the red and white pattern on a classic tablecloth or the up's and down's of someone's past. You could describe the flag that's waved at a Nascar event as checkered. And if the winning Nascar driver used to work at a car wash, you could say he has had a checkered career.
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