checkmate

FREQ #14168

n. 击破, 彻底失败 vt. 制止, 大败, 将死

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/

词形变化

checkmates 复数 checkmates checkmated checkmates 三单 checkmating checkmating 现在分词 checkmated 过去式 checkmated 过去分词

别名

mate check and mate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.

    将死

    将军

    可数 不可数 游戏
  2. 2.

    Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.

    彻底失败

    可数 比喻 不可数 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

    把...将死

    及物 游戏

    My opponent checkmated me in four moves!

  2. 2.

    To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

    挫败

    及物 引申义
interj.
  1. 1.

    Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.

    游戏
  2. 2.

    Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.

    将军

    引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mate

上位词 3

victory triumph chess move
动词

同义词 1

mate

上位词 6

beat crush shell vanquish beat out trounce

词源

From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).

来源：wiktionary