gambit

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡæmbɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    — Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
  2. Any ploy or stratagem.
    — Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation.
动词 v.
  1. To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage. transitive

词形变化

gambits plural gambett alternative,obsolete gambits present,singular,third-person gambiting participle,present gambited participle,past gambited past gambett alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Botez gambit countergambit Evans Gambit Galileo gambit Kings's Gambit Queen's Gambit Queen's Gambit Declined Stafford gambit Tennison Gambit Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit Xanatos gambit

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂empeh₂
Proto-Hellenic *kampā́
Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ)bor.
Late Latin gamba
Italian gamba
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Italian -etto
Italian gambettobor.
English gambit
Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂empeh₂
Proto-Hellenic *kampā́
Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ)bor.
Late Latin gamba
Italian gamba
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Italian -etto
Italian gambettobor.
English gambit
Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.
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