English-Thai Dictionary
checkmate
N การ อยู่ ใน ตำแหน่ง ชนะ ใน การ เล่น หมากรุก mate kan-yu-nai-tam-naeng-cha-na-nai-kan-len-mak-ruk
checkmate
VT ทำให้ เข้าตาจน รุก ให้ จนแต้ม mate tam-hai-kaol-ta-jon
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHECKMATE
Check "mate, n. Etym: [F. échec et mat, fr. Per. shah mat ceckmate,lit. , the king is dead, fr. Ar. mata he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess. ]
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
CHECKMATE
Check "mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n.Checkmating.]
1. (Chess )
Defn: To check (an adversary's king ) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary ) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.
New American Oxford Dictionary
checkmate
check mate |ˈCHekˌmāt ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt | ▶noun Chess a check from which a king cannot escape. • [ as exclamation ] (by a player ) announcing that the opponent's king is in such a position. • a final defeat or deadlock: if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate. ▶verb [ with obj. ] Chess put into checkmate. • defeat or frustrate totally: the use of technology to checkmate present missile technology. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh manad ‘the king is helpless. ’
Oxford Dictionary
checkmate
check |mate |ˈtʃɛkmeɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chess a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game. • [ as exclamation ] said by a player to announce that the opponent's king is in the position of checkmate. • a final defeat or deadlock: if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate. ▶verb [ with obj. ] Chess put into checkmate. • defeat or frustrate totally: the vice president checkmated that strategy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh māt ‘the king is dead ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
checkmate
check mate /tʃékmèɪt /〖語源は 「王の死 」〗名詞 C U 1 〘チェス 〙チェックメイト, 王手 (→chess ).2 完敗, 失脚 .動詞 他動詞 1 〘チェス 〙〈人 〉に勝つ, 〈相手 (のキング )〉を (追い )詰める .2 〈人 〉を完敗させる .間投詞 〘チェス 〙チェックメイト, 詰み (!単にMate! ともいう ) .
The Wordsmith Dictionary