checkmate
- IPA[ˈtʃɛkmeɪt]
英式
- a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game.；said by a player to announce that the opponent's king is in the position of checkmate.
- put into checkmate.；defeat or frustrate totally
verb: checkmate, 3rd person present: checkmates, gerund or present participle: checkmating, past tense: checkmated, past participle: checkmated
noun: checkmate, plural noun: checkmates
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game.
- ▪ said by a player to announce that the opponent's king is in the position of checkmate.
- ▪ a final defeat or deadlock if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate
動詞
- 1. put into checkmate.
- ▪ defeat or frustrate totally the vice president checkmated that strategy
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈCHekˌmāt]
美式
- a check from which a king cannot escape.
- put into checkmate.
Oxford American Dictionary
