单词	checkmate
释义	checkmatecheck‧mate /ˈtʃekmeɪt/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcheckmate Origin: 1400-1500 Old French eschec mat, from Arabic shah mat, from Persian, ‘the king is left helpless’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS If they succeed in cutting it, they will have achieved checkmate. It was not a checkmate move. That is checkmate for his argument. word sets WORD SETS► Board Games backgammon, nounbishop, nounboard game, nouncapture, verbcastle, nouncheck, nouncheckerboard, nouncheckmate, nounchess, nounchessboard, nounchessman, nounChinese chequers, nouncompendium, nouncounter, noundraughtboard, noungambit, nounludo, nounman, nounmate, nounmate, verbmove, verbmove, nounParcheesi, nounpawn, nounpiece, nounqueen, nounqueen, verbrook, nounScrabble, nounsquare, noun 1the position of the king (=most important piece) in chess at the end of the game, when it is being directly attacked and cannot escape2a situation in which someone has been completely defeated—checkmate verb [transitive]:  The king is checkmated and the game is over.
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