bet

名词 n. 动词 v. 介词 prep. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 bĕt

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
    — Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
  2. Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports). Philippines,figuratively,informal
  4. Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
    — It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
动词 v.
  1. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager. ditransitive,transitive
    — I('ll) bet I can run faster than you.
  2. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something. transitive
    — Fancy going for a drink after work? / You bet I do!
  3. To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
介词 prep.
  1. between
    — insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
感叹词 intj.
  1. Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
    — Let me bust a freestyle then (Alright, bet)
  2. Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
    — What you may not have stopped to consider is that Big Clit Energy (here referred to as B.C.E.) has been around since... BCE! Eve? She looked sin in the eye and said, “Bet.”
  3. Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
    — I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up [inflated his ego]. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”

词形变化

bets plural bets present,singular,third-person betting participle,present bet participle,past bet past betted participle,past betted past bets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
best bet bet exchange bet round blocker bet blocking bet catch bet continuation bet donk bet fair bet forced bet gentleman's bet get-out bet good bet if-bet multibet prop bet proposition bet safe bet side bet slap bet sportsman's bet spread bet string bet sucker bet sure bet value bet overbet underbet bet a dime to a dollar bet a dollar to a dime bet a dollar to a donut bet a dollar to a doughnut bet dollars to donuts bet dollars to doughnuts bet on bet one's ass bet one's boots bet one's bottom dollar bet one's life bet out bettable bet the farm bet the house bet the ranch bettor bet up outbet sports-bet unbet wanna bet want to bet you bet

词源

词源 1
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
词源 2
From Hebrew בית (bēt).
词源 3
Abbreviation.
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