mid-14c., from Old French eschec mat (Modern French échec et mat), which (with Spanish jaque y mate, Italian scacco-matto) is from Arabic shah mat "the king died" (see check (n.1)), which according to Barnhart is a misinterpretation of Persian mat "be astonished" as mata "to die," mat "he is dead." Hence Persian shah mat, if it is the ultimate source of the word, would be literally "the king is left helpless, the king is stumped."
checkmate (v.)
late 14c.; see checkmate (n.). Related: Checkmated; checkmating.
雙語例句
1. A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.
將軍下棋中直接進攻對方的“國王 ” 但并沒有徹底將死的一著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. His search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful.
他沒有找到一步能夠避免被將死的策略.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Crammer , use checkmate , is not to use those who color.
謊言, 是用來擊破的,而不是用來粉飾的.
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4. One explosion, another, checkmate.
一個爆炸, 另一個, 將軍.
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5. When fight, we handle this kind of problem to adopt the measure of each checkmate normally.