English-Thai Dictionary

gambit

N กลเม็ด  อุบาย  เล่ห์เหลี่ยม  trick bluff artifice kon-la-med

 

gambit

N การ เอ่ย เพื่อ เปิด การ สนทนา  kan-oei-puea-poed-kan-son-ta-na

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAMBIT

Gam "bit, n. Etym: [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a tripping up. See Gambol, n.] (Chess Playing )

 

Defn: A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gambit

gam bit |ˈgambit ˈɡæmbət | ▶noun (in chess ) an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage. • a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage: his resignation was a tactical gambit. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally ‘tripping up, ’ from gamba ‘leg. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gambit

gam ¦bit |ˈgambɪt | ▶noun 1 an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation: his resignation was a tactical gambit. 2 (in chess ) an opening move in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of a compensating advantage. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally ‘tripping up ’, from gamba ‘leg ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gambit

gambit noun the most ambitious financial gambit in history: stratagem, scheme, plan, tactic, maneuver, move, course /line of action, device; machination, ruse, trick, ploy, wangle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gambit

gambit noun the most ambitious financial gambit in history: stratagem, machination, scheme, plan, tactic, manoeuvre, move, course of action, line of action, device, operation; ruse, trick, ploy, artifice; Brit. informal wheeze, wangle.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gambit

Gam bit Substantiv, Neutrum Schach , das |Gamb i t |das Gambit; Genitiv: des Gambits, Plural: die Gambits spanisch gambito < italienisch gambetto, eigentlich = das Beinstellen, zu: gamba, Gambe Eröffnung einer Partie mit einem Bauernopfer, durch die den eigenen Figuren schnell die Bahn zum Angriff geöffnet werden soll

 

Spanish Dictionary

gambito

gambito nombre masculino En el juego del ajedrez, jugada que consiste en sacrificar una pieza al principio de la partida, generalmente un peón, para lograr una posición favorable y en espera de obtener ventajas posteriores .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gambit

gam bit /ɡǽmbɪt /名詞 C 1 (議論などで )口火となる言葉 [行動 ], 糸口 ; 計略 ▸ an opening gambit 先手 2 (チェス ゲームなどの )序盤の手 .