| 单词 | bet |
| 释义 | bet (once / 204 pages) vn To bet is to gamble or risk something valuable against an unknown outcome. Poker players bet on each hand, hoping the cards they hold will beat those of the other players. Sometimes you bet money on a sporting event, wagering on the team you think will win and collecting even more money if it does. It's even more common to bet in a figurative way, saying something like, "I'd be willing to bet that the bus will be late again." The money you risk when you bet is also called a bet. The word probably comes from the now-obsolete noun abet, or "abetment." WORD FAMILYbet: bets, betted, betting, bettor+/betting: bettinger/bettor: bettors USAGE EXAMPLESWealthier Americans might ponder the future of football, Irvin said, but poor and middle-class kids were betting their future on football. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) It’s too late to hedge that bet now. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) But now, it’s Kansas City as division champion and Oakland as a road team with no sure bet on who its quarterback will be. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v stake on the outcome of an issue I bet $100 on that new horse Syn|Hypo|Hyper play, wager play make bets back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake place a bet on playmake bets raisebet more than the previous player seematch or meet anteplace one's stake double up, parlaystake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager gamble play games for money 2v have faith or confidence in You can bet on that! Syn|Hyper calculate, count, depend, look, reckon bank, rely, swear, trust have confidence or faith in 3v maintain with or as if with a bet I bet she will be there! Syn|Hyper wager anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise make a prediction about; tell in advance 4n the act of gambling he did it on a bet Syn|Hypo|Hyper wager daily double a single bet on two horse races in the same day exacta, perfectaa bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order parimutuelbetting where winners share the total amount wagered parlaya series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers place beta bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second superfectaa bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order gambling, gaming, play the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) 5n the money risked on a gamble Syn|Hypo|Hyper stake, stakes, wager jackpot, kitty, pot the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) ante(poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot kitty, poolthe combined stakes of the betters gamble money that is risked for possible monetary gain |
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