Gambit



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 国际象棋的) 开局让棋法; 为获得优势采取的第一步行动

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Italian gambetto, literally, act of tripping someone, from gamba leg, from Late Latin gamba, camba, from Greek kampē bend; probably akin to Gothic hamfs maimed, Lithuanian kampas corner
• Date: 1656
• 1. a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
• 2.
  • a.
    • (1) a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point
    • (2) topic
  • b. a calculated move ; stratagem

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