exchange
英 [?ks't?e?nd?; eks-]
美[?ks't?end?]
- n. 交換；交流；交易所；兌換
- vt. 交換；交易；兌換
- vi. 交換；交易；兌換
英英釋意
- 1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- 2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one);
- "they had a bitter exchange"
- 3. the act of changing one thing for another thing;
- "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"
- "there was an exchange of prisoners"
- 4. the act of giving something in return for something received;
- "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
- 5. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- 6. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- 7. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;
- "after a short rally Connors won the point"
- 8. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries;
- "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
- 9. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
- 10. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop;
- "black lost the exchange"
- 11. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value;
- "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
