1.[I,T][bet (sth) (on sth)] 打赌
赌博
2.【习】[bet one‘s bottom dollar (on sth/that...) ]绝对确信某事物,打包票
n.
1.赌博,(金钱等)赌注
2.【口】意见,预言 词形变化
- 时态 bet,betted,betting,bets
- 这两个动词均含有“打赌,赌博”之意。
bet指竞赛中的打赌,也指双方对有疑惑之事争执不下的打赌。在口语中,bet作“确信,敢说”解。
gamble多指投机,为获得某物或牟利而冒大险,含孤注一掷意味。
- maintain with or as if with a bet
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- the act of gambling
- the money risked on a gamble
- have faith or confidence in