[with obj.](poetic/literary)chequer with contrasting colours (诗/文)(用对比)使色彩交错,使斑斓 ■(Heraldry)interchange the tinctures of (a charge) with that of a divided field (纹章)颠倒分界线两边的色调
noun [mass noun]
change that is equivalent in degree but opposite in effect to a previous change (程度相当,效果相反的)反向变化
patterning in which a dark motif on a light ground alternates with the same motif light on a dark ground 明暗交错的花纹
语源
late Middle English (as a heraldic term): from French contrechanger, from contre (expressing substitution) + changer 'to change'