monte
gb/mˈɑnti/ us/mˈɑnti/
C1
อังกฤษ
~ 8600
háromlapos csalójáték, háromkártyás csalójáték, bozótos, cserjés
คำนาม
C1
INFORMAL
1
รูปแบบการใช้:
to play monte with [someone]
Tourists were warned not to stop for monte games on the sidewalk.
Figyelmeztették a turistákat, hogy ne álljanak meg az utcán háromlapos csalójátékot nézni vagy játszani.
He lost fifty dollars in a rigged monte on the subway platform.
Ötven dollárt veszített egy megbuherált háromlapos csalójátékon a metróperonon.
The police broke up a monte ring operating near the stadium.
Street hustlers set up a quick monte and quickly drew a crowd.
In the film, the thief distracts his victim with a game of monte before stealing his wallet.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
Do not play monte with strangers on the street.
Ne játssz háromlapos csalójátékot idegenekkel az utcán.
The man on the corner was running a monte game.
A sarkon álló férfi egy háromlapos csalójátékot futtatott.
She watched a monte game and saw that no one could win.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think "monte" is a general word for any card game. In modern English it almost always refers to a specific cheating game or scam, especially the type called "three-card monte." It is not used for normal, honest card games like poker or bridge.
ความหมาย
Gambling card con game
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
play monte
|a game of monte
|street monte
|rigged monte
|three-card monte
คำพ้องความหมาย
three-card monte (The most common modern form and name of the same basic street card scam.)
หัวข้อ
games
|crime
|daily_life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
A fast card game on the street, often with three cards, used to trick people and take their money.
A fast street card game, usually run by hustlers with three cards, used to cheat people out of money.
คำนาม
C2
LITERARY
2
รูปแบบการใช้:
to ride into the monte
The cattle disappeared into the thick monte by late afternoon.
A marhák késő délutánra eltűntek a sűrű bozótosban.
They rode all day through the monte, following a faint cattle trail.
Egész nap a bozóton lovagoltak át, egy halvány marhacsapást követve.
Low hills and sparse monte stretched to the horizon on both sides of the river.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
The cows walked into the monte and were hard to see.
A tehenek besétáltak a bozótosba, és nehéz volt meglátni őket.
They rode their horses through the dry monte.
A száraz bozótoson lovagoltak keresztül.
Trees and bushes in the monte gave them some shade.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may assume this word simply means "mountain" because of Spanish or Italian influence. In English usage, this sense refers to wild, brushy land, not necessarily to a mountain or high place.
ความหมาย
Wild scrub or brush land
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
the monte
|thick monte
|open monte
|ride into the monte
คำพ้องความหมาย
scrubland (A more general English word for dry land with low bushes and few trees; not region‑specific.)
คำตรงข้าม
cultivated field (Refers to land that is farmed and managed, unlike wild monte.)
หัวข้อ
nature
|geography
|travel
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
In some regions, land that is not farmed, covered with wild bushes, small trees, and grass.
In some US and Latin American writing, an area of uncultivated land covered in brush, shrubs, or low trees, often used as rangeland.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
monte
IPA
GB/mˈɑnti/
US/mˈɑnti/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
monte (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (monte)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: monte
- Plural: montes
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
montes
noun
วลีและสำนวน
three-card monte
1/θɹˈi kˈɑɹd mˈɑnti/
fixed phrase
informal
Street scam with three cards
A cheating street card game with three cards, where you try to follow one card but cannot win because the dealer tricks you.
ตัวอย่าง
- On the busy corner, a small crowd gathered around a man running three-card monte.
- The documentary showed how three-card monte dealers distract players while moving the winning card.
- He warned his friends that three-card monte is always a scam, no matter how easy it looks.