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checkmate 音標拼音: [tʃ'ɛkm ,et] n. 圍攻,擊破,挫折
vt. 圍擒,阻止,大敗,將死 圍攻,擊破,挫折圍擒,阻止,大敗,將死 checkmate n 1: complete victory 2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent' s king [ synonym: { checkmate}, { mate}] v 1: place an opponent' s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; " Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [ synonym: { checkmate}, { mate}] Checkmate \ Check" mate\ (- m[= a] t), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Checkmated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Checkmating}.] 1. ( Chess) To check ( an adversary' s king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat ( an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. [ 1913 Webster] To checkmate and control my just demands. -- Ford. [ 1913 Webster]
Checkmate \ Check" mate\ ( ch[ e^] k" m[= a] t), n. [ F. [' e] chec et mat, fr. Per. sh[= a] h m[= a] t checkmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. m[= a] ta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See { Chess}.] 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. [ 1913 Webster] 96 Moby Thesaurus words for " checkmate": arrest, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, bell, blast, block, brake, brave, bring to, bring up short, challenge, check, circumvent, confound, confounding, confront, confusion, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, cut short, cutoff, dam, dash, dead stop, deadlock, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, discomfiture, disconcert, disconcertion, discountenance, dish, disrupt, draw rein, elude, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, flummox, foil, foiling, freeze, frustrate, frustration, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, knock the chocks, lockout, nonplus, perplex, pull up, put paid to, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, rout, ruin, sabotage, scotch, setback, sit- down strike, spike, spoil, stalemate, stall, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stem, stem the tide, stonewall, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stoppage, strike, stump, thwart, thwarting, upset, walkout, work stoppage
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