Bet
[bet] or [bɛt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of gambling; 'he did it on a bet'.
(verb.) maintain with or as if with a bet; 'I bet she will be there!'.
(verb.) stake on the outcome of an issue; 'I bet $100 on that new horse'; 'She played all her money on the dark horse'.
艾伦錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
(imp. & p. p.) of Bet
(v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Beat.
(a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
手打:利
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Wager, stake.
v. n. Wager, lay a wager, make a bet.
v. a. Stake, pledge, wager, lay, wage.
吉塞尔編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a wager: something staked to be lost or won on the result of a doubtful issue as a horse-race or the like.—v.t. and v.i. to lay or stake as a bet:—pr.p. bet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. bet or bet′ted.—ns. Bet′ter one who bets—also Bet′tor; Bet′ting act of betting or proposing a wager.—An even bet an equal chance.—You bet in American slang certainly.
錄入:普勒斯顿
娱乐性解釋/意思：
Betting on races, beware of engaging in new undertakings. Enemies are trying to divert your attention from legitimate business. Betting at gaming tables, denotes that immoral devices will be used to wring money from you.
黛比手打
例句/造句/用法:
- If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He continued to bet on his own play, but began often to fail. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I'll bet he never had to go over and find his people and do a show like this. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I'll bet that will be easy. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Osborne meanwhile, wild with elation, went off to a play-table, and began to bet frantically. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Cause enough, I'll bet a pound! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Do you know, Ma'am, that once Quintin, of the 14th, bet me-- O Joseph, we know that story, said Amelia, laughing. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I think he makes bets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Everybody does lose who bets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There were bets among the gentlemen both about Russell Square and in the City. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- It was here that poor Fred Vincy had made part of his memorable debt, having lost money in betting, and been obliged to borrow of that gay companion. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- How is the betting? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He attended to his game commonly and didn't much meddle with the conversation, except when it was about horses and betting. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Up to the time of the catastrophe he was the first favorite for the Wessex Cup, the betting being three to one on him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- As Desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favorite. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- You'd have betted a hundred pound to five, now, that you wouldn't have seen me here, wouldn't you? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
編輯:珀尔