1Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

海关官员有权检查所有行李。

检查是否患贫血的简单验血。

1. 1.1 Verify or establish to one's satisfaction.
   查证；核实；确定
   phone us to check the availability of your chosen holiday

   请打电话给我们核实你所选假期是否可行。

   with clause she glanced over her shoulder to check that the door was shut

   她回头看了看，确定门已关好。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He checked a clock next to the bed. 3: 23.
   • She checked the hallway and determined it was empty.
   • She opened the door to check no-one was about to walk in on them.
   • Then I checked my own booking confirmation for New York.
   • It is more important than ever these days to check the terms and conditions on new cards before signing on the dotted line.
   • Team captains should check their Campus Rec web pages for the dates, times and locations of their captain's meeting.
   • The following information I am providing can be confirmed and checked by simple credit/background checks.
   • Second, income tax records must be checked to verify that these vendors have been submitting returns and paying taxes.
   • Never reveal details over the telephone without checking or establishing the caller's identity, and never disclose online passwords or card PINs.
   • The first step is to check the terms and conditions of your existing mortgage.
   • Louise looked around hurriedly, checking to make sure that Nurse Sommers was, indeed, gone.
   • She went down the row of doors methodically checking each one.
   • The board can also require the offender to be subject to electronic monitoring to check compliance with these conditions.
   • That was when I discovered he'd really come back to check that Harry had come home and was safe.
   • Before placing the electrodes on a patient, a nurse should check that the expiration date on the package has not passed.
   • His raids followed the pattern of ringing the door bell to check no-one was home, then going around to the back of the property and forcing a window.
   • The journey was made more difficult by the fact that he kept glancing back in the rear view mirror to check that Emma was still following.
   • For information about broadcast times and availability, check the Market Journal program schedule.
   • So many pet lovers complain when motorists knock over their pets and don't have the common decency to stop and check if the animal is all right.
   • Availability of places at the new nursery can be checked by calling Jo Short.

   Synonyms

   make sure, confirm, verify, corroborate, validate, substantiate
2. 1.2check something against Verify the accuracy of something by comparing it with (something else)
   核对
   keep your receipt to check against your statement

   请保留收据以核对你的账单。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There are also lists of names and phone numbers that U.S. intelligence officials were checking against lists of known terrorists.
   • Many of those defrauded had failed to notice any problem, so it is recommended that consumers keep regular tabs on transactions (and destroy receipts after they've been checked against bills).
   • A programme of ‘preferred agencies’ has also been instituted, and agency nurses have a personal identification number which can be checked against qualifications.
   • They make it possible for the reader to believe in the accuracy of descriptions he cannot check against his own surroundings.
   • They would require full, checkable, references and have to undergo police, ID and qualification checks and be checked against a Government blacklist when they reached England.
   • Their names are checked against a secret Department for Education and Skills dossier of people convicted or suspected of child abuse, as well as other criminal records.
   • New cases are checked against existing cases in the registry to prevent duplicate entries.
   • Besides using one or more of these criminal history checking tools, all fulltime and seasonal staff names should be checked against the State Child Abuser and Sex Abuser Registry.
   • Statements from the two figures must be checked against the facts.
   • Families will be given the opportunity to provide blood for DNA testing to check against samples taken from bodies found in mass graves.
   • It will need simple but accurate budgets and forecasts to check against actual income and expenditure.
   • Historical facts cannot be verified, but only checked against other subjective accounts.
   • But the accuracy of Canaletto's paintings has been checked against present-day photographs.
   • The information is checked against databases to verify documents and flag names that appear on terrorist or law enforcement watch lists.
   • Keep your receipts to check against your monthly statements so that you can report any transactions you don't recognise;
   • When a statement is formulated, it is checked against the totality of existing statements.
   • And clearly, whatever he tells us will have to be checked against other people's recollection and intelligence that is collected on the ground.
   • Over the course of the day, in 2 hour increments, the number of voters having signed in was counted, and the voter count checked against the vote count on the machines.
   • All containers are verified for weight and checked against the team's manifest.
   • The DNA from the swab will be checked against a national database and if a match is found the offender will be tracked down and prosecuted.
3. 1.3no object Agree or correspond when compared.
   符合，证明无误
   Example sentencesExamples

   • If there's finger-prints on it, and yours don't check, that'll let you out.
4. 1.4informal Look at; take notice of.
   察看；关注
   check the remix

   注意一下这首混音曲。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Jason once again reminds me why it's worth checking his site every day.
   • Also, do you reply to the e-mails directly or should I periodically check the website?
   • I checked at my watch to see the time displayed on it: 7:31 pm.
   • I looked out and checked at what Kate was doing.
   • Azalea even checks the news sites right then.

   Synonyms

   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

   British informal take a dekko at, have a butcher's at, take a shufti at, clock

   North American informal eyeball

2Stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable)

人们努力控制这种疾病。

1. 2.1 Curb or control (one's feelings or reaction)
   克制；抑制（情绪，感情）
   he learned to check his excitement

   他学会了克制自己的激动情绪。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He seems incapable of checking his rage and increasingly bent on causing real harm to others.
   • Marcus remained silent while his temple pulsed and he checked his anger.
   • From here on, reaction stiffened, although checked by the ministry for some years.
   • We must check our urge to impose our opinions on what Jack goes through, because as with all art, what it means depends on how you look at it.
   • I was startled when Cassie described almost smashing a vase over Brian's head because he was irritating her, but she successfully checked her violent reaction.
   • Kate licked her lips and tried to check her anger.
   • Hurriedly Violet checked the laugh bubbling up in her throat and asked Alice for her opinion.
   • Ann couldn't check a half-cry of laughter as she said, ‘How kind of you to remember my existence’.
   • She checked her desire to glare and instead greeted them warmly.
   • Athene intervenes to check his urge to kill Agamemnon on the spot, and he withdraws in a sulk from the fighting.

   Synonyms

   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
2. 2.2Ice Hockey Hamper or neutralize (an opponent) with one's body or stick.
   〔冰球〕（用身体或球棍）阻截（对方）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • For some reason, I always had good luck checking Richard.
   • There will be guys really after him, checking him hard game in and game out.
   • I have been told in so many words that if a former teammate gets checked, then that player will retaliate.
   • Someone had checked me into the boards during our Finals series with the Edmonton Oilers.
   • The player who shot it in is going to be checked, probably into the boards.
   • And free-agent pickup Mike Sillinger will check the opponent's top line like nobody's business.
3. 2.3check againstno object Provide a means of preventing.
   防止
   processes to check against deterioration in the quality of the data held

   防止现存资料质量下降的方法。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In order to check against any kind of bias in the ICT's methodology, I asked their researcher to apply it to a more recent and highly publicized incident.
   • To check against effects of antibiotics on egg hatch rate, the compatibility of males from uninfected lines with infected and uninfected females was tested.
   • He has been at pains to assure a sceptical public of various other safeguards to check against the rampant abuses of the disinvestment process.

3North American (of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are travelling.

1. 3.1 Deposit (a coat, bag, or other item) for temporary safekeeping in the cloakroom of a restaurant, theatre, etc.
   the drinks weren't expensive and there's no cover charge but you do have to check your coat for $3.00

   Example sentencesExamples

   • We came inside with wet umbrellas and checked them with the coat check.
   • She is a 58-year-old New Yorker who has worked for 13 years checking coats at a restaurant on East 52nd Street.
   • The Ikea has a place to check your coat, and they give you fancy shopping carts.
   • Upon entering and ascending the stairs, we checked our coats ($1) and stepped into what would become quite the memorable evening.
   • We waltzed right past the freezing people in line, checked our coats, and pre-ordered some wine for the intermission.
   • I checked our coats and ordered a bottle of the cheapest wine available.
   • Sometimes in the Old West, theatre patrons checked their guns at the door - why can't theaters require patrons to check their phones and Blackberries?
   • After checking my coat, I introduced myself to Terri, a recruiter who had flown up from southern California to host the event.
   • I got a job checking coats at the local club.
   • Eighty-seven percent now think checking a laptop at a coat check is too risky.
   • We decided not to check our coats.
   • Some visitors to multiplexes do not choose to check their brains at the theater door.

4Mark or click on (a box) in order to select a particular option on a form, questionnaire, etc.

5Chess
Move a piece or pawn to a square where it attacks (the opposing king)

6no object (in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead.

7no object (of a hound) pause to make sure of or regain a scent.

1. 7.1 (of a trained hawk) abandon the intended quarry and fly after other prey.
   （受过训练的猎鹰）放弃原来猎物追猎其他猎物

1An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

一场要求对煤气用具作定期检查的活动。

健康检查。

2A stopping or slowing of progress.

无法阻挡市场的扩展。

1. 2.1 A means of control or restraint.
   控制；遏制
   a permanent check upon the growth or abuse of central authority

   对中央权力膨胀和滥用的永久性遏制。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I fully agree with you, though, that the unelected Eurocrats in Brussels need to be subject to democratic checks and controls sooner rather than later!
   • Unlike the modern police state, to which it is often compared, Venice feared power and surrounded it with checks and deterrents.
   • The group degenerated into a bunch of randomly run fiefdoms, with octogenarians on the boards and no modern management systems, checks, or controls.
   • He also raised the issue of greater restrictions and checks being placed on people who are granted visas to work in this country.
   • Both writers describe natural, divine and civil checks upon the power of the sovereign who must respect the natural dominion of his subjects.
   • The problem is the lack of checks and controls on this system.
   • Instead, workers make decisions working with minimal checks and controls.
   • The reason there are prosecutions proceeding is that the statutory checks and controls on that situation cannot be exercised.
   • In his attempt to place checks and restraints on the power of the senators, he had the near total support of the public Assembly.
   • What was lost during the era was his expectation that ecologists within government would act as a check on the worst excesses of administrators.
   • What checks are there to the representatives of the people's will indulging in the worst appetites of the people's will, even if for the best reasons?
   • One of the press's most important functions is to serve as a check on government.
   • The company said it was calling in outside investigators to examine its internal system of checks and controls.
   • Nowhere were the demands imposed by social superiors subject to any significant restrictions or checks.
   • The politicians, taking a page from the DC Republicans' playbook, want to take full control of the state with no checks, no balances.
   • With the media supporting him and gleefully reporting on leaked information about the investigation, there was no effective check on his abuse of power.

   Synonyms

   control, restraint, constraint, break, bridle, curb, deterrent, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, inhibition, limitation
2. 2.2Ice Hockey An act of hampering or neutralizing an opponent with one's body or stick.
   〔冰球〕（用身体或球棍）阻截（对方）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He always finishes his checks and you hate playing against guys like that, rather than a tough guy who just knows how to fight.
   • ‘You know Todd is going to finish his checks,’ says Red Wings forward Doug Brown.
   • In the last game he played before this season, Lindros was knocked unconscious by a flying check from the Devils' Scott Stevens.
   • As the game progressed, the Warriors began to control the rink, throwing thunderous checks and opening up the offence.
   • The Thunderwolves crashed the UW net and used their superior speed to break away from checks.
3. 2.3 A temporary loss of the scent in hunting.
   追猎中臭迹的暂时消失
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The stag sped six miles on end without halt or hindrance, and the hounds ran him without a check.
4. 2.4Falconry The movement made by a hawk when it abandons its intended quarry and pursues other prey.
   （受过训练的猎鹰）放弃原来猎物追猎其他猎物

3Chess
A move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king and by which the king may be checkmated.

4

1. 4.1North American The bill in a restaurant.
   〈北美〉餐馆账单
   let's get the check

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Any meal at a Roman restaurant that takes less than two hours is an exercise in rapidity; even the simple act of getting the check can seem agonizingly prolonged for first-time American visitors.
   • This software can analyze a restaurant's checks and produce reports on what wines are ordered with what entrées.
   • And soon one cup of coffee morphed into two and three before we finally stood up to pay the check and leave the restaurant.
   • We got our bill, paid the check, and made our way enthusiastically to Billy's Bakery.
   • Justin called for the check and signed the bill before he tied the blindfold around Alex's head.
   • Can we have the check please?
   • When you return to your table, you pay your check and leave the restaurant without telling the manager about your sickness.
   • Geoff looked at the check, threw some bills on the table, and taking her hand led her from the restaurant.
   • I got the check and resisted the urge to eat dessert.
   • Ben took the check up to the counter, since the waiter had never returned, while the two women went into the parking lot.

   Synonyms

   bill, account, invoice, statement, list of charges, tally

   amount due

   informal the damage

   North American informal tab

   British informal, dated shot

   archaic reckoning, score

5A token of identification for left luggage.

6A counter used as a stake in a gambling game.

7North American

8A part of a piano which catches the hammer and prevents it retouching the strings.

9A crack or flaw in timber.

1North American informal Expressing assent or agreement.

2Used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check.

1A pattern of small squares.

细黑白格图案。

1. 1.1 A garment or fabric with a pattern of small squares.
   小方格图案
   on Wednesdays he wore the small check

   每逢星期三他便穿上小方格衣服。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The tailoring is classic and structured and the subtle pinstripes and tonal coloured checks feature soft detailing.
   • My mother wore his houndstooth check to amble through the launderettes with Marietta.
   • What happens when you throw checks and plaid into the mix?
   • I was, I recall, wearing a brand-new linen suit in a rather dashing hound's-tooth check.
   • The comforter is bound on three side and reverses to a gingham check for a change when you want something different.
   • Plaids and checks are generally harder to mix and match with one another, and tend to be associated with more conservative and classier looks.
   • Blended checks, speckled materials and colourful herringbones amid reversible two colour fabrics all make impact.
   • Terminology has always been a challenge - one designer may describe a fabric as a gingham, the next a check.
   • Perhaps she likes 80s inspired punk fabrics, or checks or gingham or something else all together.
   • It takes some acting craft for him to pull off the feat of wearing the outlandish sweater vests, garish checks and plaids without ever seeming as if he was wearing a costume.
   • While last fall emphasized on simplicity, leather and denim, this fall is about checks, tweed and denim (again).
   • The shirt range consists of solids in twills, poplins, structures, linens and checks.
   • Radiant with warm colours, cashmere and floral designs are combined with traditional English fabrics such as tweeds and checks.
   • Her coats featured jewel encrusted collars and belts, also made in tweed and checks.
   • Use chintz, damask and toiles along with classic stripes, checks and textured plain fabrics.
   • Everywhere she looked there were checks and chintz, ruffles and fringes.
   • And yet they made those wonderful clothes for other people - tweeds, cords, mohairs, checks, tartans.

attributive Having a checked pattern.

蓝格子T恤衫。