Stalemate
['steɪlmeɪt] or ['stelmet]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.
(verb.) subject to a stalemate.
整理:莱克格斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
(v. t.) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
达拉整理
解釋/意思:
n. in chess-playing the position of the king when he cannot move without being placed in check.—v.t. to put into a condition of stalemate: to bring to a standstill.
巴塞洛缪校對