checkmate
verb(also mate)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they checkmate | |
| he / she / it checkmates | |
| past simple checkmated | |
| past participle checkmated | |
| -ing form checkmating |
- 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 to defeat somebody completely 败局；败北；彻底战败