Those groups of four lines crossed with a diagonal fifth have a long history.

那些以对角五分之一交叉的四线组有着悠久的历史。

We talk about the game of checkers; that's a checkered pattern on the actual board itself, where you have horizontal and vertical lines crossing.

我们谈论跳棋游戏；那是实际电路板上的方格图案， 水平线和垂直线交叉。

A " cross" is a shape that looks like a " t" , except it would be a small " t" , where you have two lines crossing each other.

“十字” 是一种看起来像“t”的形状，只不过它是一个小“t” ，两条线相互交叉。

Something that is " checkered" is basically a grid-like pattern, where you have vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other at regular intervals (at regular distances), so that you end up with these little squares.

“方格” 的东西基本上是一个类似网格的图案，垂直线和水平线以规则的间隔（以规则的距离）相互交叉， 所以你最终得到这些小方块。