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.
实用例句
1. A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.
将军下棋中直接进攻对方的“国王 ” 但并没有彻底将死的一着.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. His search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful.
他没有找到一步能够避免被将死的策略.来自互联网
3. Crammer , use checkmate , is not to use those who color.
谎言, 是用来击破的,而不是用来粉饰的.来自互联网
4. One explosion, another, checkmate.
一个爆炸, 另一个, 将军.来自互联网
5. When fight, we handle this kind of problem to adopt the measure of each checkmate normally.
