lay odds

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
    — Prince John: "I will lay odds that, ere this year expire, / We bear our civil swords and native fire / As far as France. I heard a bird so sing, / Whose music, to my thinking, pleas'd the King."
  2. To feel certain about something.

词形变化

lays odds present,singular,third-person laying odds participle,present laid odds participle,past laid odds past

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