checkmate

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

▪ I. checkmate UK US [ˈtʃek.meɪt] noun uncountable
1. a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Chess
2. a situation in which someone has been defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue
Compare stalemate
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Winning and defeating ↑Scoring, winning and losing in sport ↑Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences ↑Accidents and disasters
 
▪ II.
checkmate UK US verb transitive

• My Dad can always checkmate me within twenty moves.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Chess
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