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Related topics: Board gamescheck·mate /ˈtʃekmeɪt/ noun [countable, uncountable] 1. DGBthe position of the king (=most important piece) in chess at the end of the game, when it is being directly attacked and cannot escape 〔国际象棋中的〕将死2. a situation in which someone has been completely defeated 彻底失败，败北 —checkmate verb [transitive] The king is checkmated and the game is over. 王被将死，这局棋就结束了。Examples from the Corpuscheckmate• It was not a checkmate move.• If they succeed in cutting it, they will have achieved checkmate.• That is checkmate for his argument.Origin checkmate (1400-1500) Old French eschec mat, from Arabic shah mat, from Persian, “the king is left helpless”check·mate nounChineseSyllable Corpus position of king the (=most the important |