Checkmate

(noun.) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king.

(noun.) complete victory.

(verb.) 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'.

古斯塔夫校对

• It is checkmate for me this time, Miss Halcombe--ha? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The Frenchman was checkmated. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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