英语词汇“to lay odds”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Gambling. The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties in a bet, based on the expected probability either way. to lay (also give, offer) odds: to offer a bet with odds favourable to the other party. to take odds: to accept such a bet.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > offer favourable odds

to lay (also give, offer) odds1560

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > odds

odds1748

price1829

betting1901

line1964

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > accept a bet

to take odds1845

1560 T. Churchyard Surreioindre vnto Camels Reioindre in Contention bettwyxte Churchyeard & Camell 110 Vnder those fayr angels loks is hyd a deuelish minde I durst lay oddes who trust you long, ful false he shall you finde.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 103 I wil lay ods, that ere this yeere expire, We beare our ciuil swords..As farre as France.

1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke iv. sig. G4 Fa. Forty pounds to thirty. Lo. Done, done, Ile take all oddes.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 156 He was so confident of his skill, as to offer odds, that..he would either kill the Duke of Espernon, or very much endanger his life.

1748 Whitehall Evening-post 13–15 Sept. The Odds, at starting, were on Babram.

1764 T. Bayes in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 410 There would be the odds of the millioneth power of 2 to one.

1817 J. Austen Sanditon v, in Minor Wks. (1954) 385 Now, if he were here, I know he would be offering odds that either Susan, Diana or Arthur would appear..to have been at the point of death within the last month.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. i. 1 ‘I'll take the odds against Caravan.’ ‘In poneys?’ ‘Done.’

1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 48 A game of chance where the odds are a hundred to one against you.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxiv. 218 ‘I'll lay odds of five to one it's the Macedonia.’ No one accepted his offer.

1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps x. 248 The odds were a thousand to one that I might have..missed it.

1967 A. MacLean Where Eagles Dare vi. 118 Briefly and bleakly he wondered what odds any reasonable bookmaker would have given against their chances of reaching the castle.

1990 Accountancy Mar. 78/1 Most bets are made on the basis of odds quoted shortly before a race, or at starting prices.

2001 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 25 Mar. Bookies are set to offer the stingiest odds ever laid on the General Election after taking a pounding from punters in the 1997 poll.

单词	to lay odds
释义	> as lemmas to lay (also give, offer) odds a. Gambling. The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties in a bet, based on the expected probability either way. to lay (also give, offer) odds: to offer a bet with odds favourable to the other party. to take odds: to accept such a bet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > offer favourable odds to lay (also give, offer) odds1560 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > odds odds1748 price1829 betting1901 line1964 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > accept a bet to take odds1845 1560 T. Churchyard Surreioindre vnto Camels Reioindre in Contention bettwyxte Churchyeard & Camell 110 Vnder those fayr angels loks is hyd a deuelish minde I durst lay oddes who trust you long, ful false he shall you finde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 103 I wil lay ods, that ere this yeere expire, We beare our ciuil swords..As farre as France. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke iv. sig. G4 Fa. Forty pounds to thirty. Lo. Done, done, Ile take all oddes. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 156 He was so confident of his skill, as to offer odds, that..he would either kill the Duke of Espernon, or very much endanger his life. 1748 Whitehall Evening-post 13–15 Sept. The Odds, at starting, were on Babram. 1764 T. Bayes in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 410 There would be the odds of the millioneth power of 2 to one. 1817 J. Austen Sanditon v, in Minor Wks. (1954) 385 Now, if he were here, I know he would be offering odds that either Susan, Diana or Arthur would appear..to have been at the point of death within the last month. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. i. 1 ‘I'll take the odds against Caravan.’ ‘In poneys?’ ‘Done.’ 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 48 A game of chance where the odds are a hundred to one against you. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxiv. 218 ‘I'll lay odds of five to one it's the Macedonia.’ No one accepted his offer. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps x. 248 The odds were a thousand to one that I might have..missed it. 1967 A. MacLean Where Eagles Dare vi. 118 Briefly and bleakly he wondered what odds any reasonable bookmaker would have given against their chances of reaching the castle. 1990 Accountancy Mar. 78/1 Most bets are made on the basis of odds quoted shortly before a race, or at starting prices. 2001 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 25 Mar. Bookies are set to offer the stingiest odds ever laid on the General Election after taking a pounding from punters in the 1997 poll. extracted from oddsn. < as lemmas
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