ante

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈænti/    美 /ˈænti/|[ˈɛənti]|/ˈænti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A price or cost, as in up the ante.
    — “… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. …”
  2. In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.
动词 v.
  1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
  2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

词形变化

antes plural antes present,singular,third-person anteing participle,present anted participle,past anted past anteed participle,past anteed past

词汇关系

衍生词
ante in ante up penny ante penny-ante raise the ante up the ante
相关词
ante litteram status quo ante status quo ante bellum

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.
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