checkmate

interjection · noun · verbB2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

interjection

interjection

check and mate

1.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

checkmates

1.
(countable, uncountable)(chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
2.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

checkmates

V_ing/Gerund

checkmating

V_ed/pp

checkmated

1.
(transitive)(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
2.
(broadly, transitive)(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

chess matemate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

checkmaterstalemate

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ, from شاه مات (the king [is] amazed).