checkmate

verb

🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪt/

(also mate)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they checkmate	🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪt/ 🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪt/
he / she / it checkmates	🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪts/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪts/ 🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪts/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪts/
past simple checkmated	🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/
past participle checkmated	🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/
-ing form checkmating	🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪtɪŋ/

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checkmate somebody/something (in chess国际象棋) to put your opponent in a position in which they cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore lose the game将死；输棋
- His king had been checkmated.他的王棋已被将死。🔊🔊
to defeat somebody completely败局；败北；彻底战败
- She hoped the plan would checkmate her opponents.她希望这一计划能彻底战胜对手。🔊🔊

noun

🔊/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, 🔊/ˈtʃekmeɪt/

(also mate)

[uncountable, countable]

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(in chess国际象棋) a position in which one player cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game 将死；输棋see also check compare stalemate
a situation in which somebody has been completely defeated败局；败北；彻底战败

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh māt ‘the king is dead’.