Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 37
Bestrode (p. p.) of Bestride.
Bestriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestride.
Bestride (v. t.) 跨騎；駕馭；控制，支配 To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over.
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. -- Shak.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. -- Shak.
Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
Bestride (v.) Get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out].
Bestrode (imp. & p. p.) of Bestride.
Bestrown () p. p. of Bestrew.
Bestuck (imp. & p. p.) Bestick.
Bestudded (imp. & p. p.) of Bestud.
Bestudding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestud.
Bestud (v. t.) 以鈕扣等鑲飾 To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. -- Milton.
Beswike (v. t.) To lure; to cheat. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Compare: Lure
Lure (n.) 誘惑物 [C]；誘惑力，吸引力；魅力 [the S] [（+of）]；（誘捕鳥獸用的）誘餌；魚餌 [C] Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.
‘The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls.’
Lure (n.) The strongly attractive quality of a person or thing.
‘The lure of the exotic East.’
Lure (n.) A type of bait used in fishing or hunting.
Lure (n.) (Falconry) A bunch of feathers with a piece of meat attached to a long string, swung around the head of the falconer to recall a hawk.
‘Then I noticed something moving - a feathery lure, waving back and forth like a fishing rod.’
‘Hawk owls are routinely attracted to the small lure from nearly a mile away.’
Lure (v.) [With object and adverbial] (v. t.) 引誘，誘惑；以誘餌吸引 [O] Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
‘The child was lured into a car but managed to escape.’
Bet (n.) 打賭 [（+on）]；賭金，賭注 That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. "Having made his bets." -- Goldsmith.
Bet (imp. & p. p.) of Bet.
Betted () of Bet.
Betting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet.
Bet (v. t.) 以（錢，物等）打賭；與（某人）打賭 [（+on）] [O5] [O1]；敢斷定，確信 [+（that）] To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. -- Shak.
I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. -- O. W. Holmes.
Bet (imp. & p. p.) of Beat. [Obs.]
Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better. [Obs.]
To go bet, To go fast; to hurry. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bet (n.) The money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager].
Bet (n.) The act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" [syn: bet, wager].
Bet (v.) (v. i.) 打賭 [（+on/ against）] Maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" [syn: bet, wager].
Bet (v.) Stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" [syn: bet, wager, play].
Bet (v.) Have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon].
Betaine (n.) (Chem.) 【化】甜菜鹼；（三甲基甘氨酸、trimethylglycine）是一種從甜菜中發現的生物鹼，其分子式為C5H11NO2。甜菜鹼型物質可作為兩性表面活性劑用於去污劑中。 A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
Betaine (n.) A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.
Betook (imp.) of Betake.
Betaken (p. p.) of Betake.
Betaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betake.
Betake (v. t.) 致力於，專心於；使前往 To take or seize. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Betake (v. t.) To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
They betook themselves to treaty and submission. -- Burke.
The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. -- Milton.
Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? -- Milton.
Betake (v. t.) To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
Betaught (a.) Delivered; committed in trust. [Obs.]
Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Beete,
Bete (v. t.)
To mend; to repair. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Beete, Bete (v. t.) To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] --
Chaucer.
Compare: Enkindle
Enkindle (v.) [With object] [Literary] (v. t.) 點（火）；使燃起；激起 Set on fire.
[As adjective enkindled] ‘The glare from its enkindled roof illumined its innermost recesses.’
Enkindle (v.) [With object] [Literary] Arouse or inspire (an emotion).
‘Fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage.’
Compare: Vexation
Vexation (n.) [Mass noun] 煩惱，苦惱；惱火 [U]；苦惱的原因；使人惱火的事情 [C] [P1] The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
‘Jenna bit her lip in vexation.’
Vexation (n.) [Count noun] A cause of annoyance, frustration, or worry.
‘The vexations of life under canvas.’
Compare: Canvas
Canvas (n.) (pl. canvases, canvasses) [Mass noun] 帆布 [U]；油畫布；油畫 [C] [U] 風帆；；帳篷；馬戲團 A strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting.
‘The painting is oil on canvas.’
[As modifier] ‘A canvas bag.’
Canvas (n.) [Count noun] A piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting.
‘They found a canvas and he seated his model.’
‘He is used to painting large canvases.’
Canvas (n.) [Count noun] An oil painting.
‘Turner's late canvases.’
Canvas (n.) [Mass noun] A variety of canvas with an open weave, used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery.
‘She sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas.’
Canvas (n.) [Mass noun] (The canvas) The canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring.
‘A thunderous uppercut sent him crashing to the canvas.’
Canvas (n.) [Count noun] Either of a racing boat's tapering ends, originally covered with canvas.
Canvas (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 用帆布覆蓋；用帆布裝備 (cavases, canvassing, canassed; US canvasing, canvased) Cover with canvas.
‘The door had been canvassed over.’
Phrases:
By a canvas, (In boat racing) By a very small margin.
Under canvas, In a tent or tents.
‘The family will be living under canvas.’
Under canvas, With sails spread.
‘Fishermen whose boats still travel under canvas.’
Beteela (n.) 印度細布 An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [Obs.]
Beteem (a.) To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [Obs.] -- Spenser. Milton.
Beteem (a.) To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]
So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. -- Shak.
Betel (n.) (Bot.) 【植】蒟醬 A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.
Betel (n.) Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians [syn: betel, betel pepper, Piper betel].
Betel (n.) 蔞葉（學名：Piper betle）， 又叫做蔞子、蒟醬、荖葉、蓽茇、荖藤、檳榔葉，是一種胡椒科藤本植物，莖為蔓生，全株無毛，葉子呈橢圓形，花為綠色，有香味。原產地是印尼，中國大陸在南 方有人種植，藤和葉子可以做藥材，葉子裡面還含有芳香油。清代已有文獻記載，蔞葉常與礪灰（石灰）一起作為食用檳榔時的配料。
The betel (Piper betel) is a vine of the family Piperaceae, which includes pepper and kava. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia, and elsewhere in the world by some Asian emigrants, as betel quid or in paan, with Areca nut and/ or tobacco.
In India and Sri Lanka, a sheaf of betel leaves is traditionally offered as a mark of respect and auspicious beginnings. Occasions include greeting elders at wedding ceremonies, celebrating the New Year, and offering payment to Ayurvedic physicians and astrologers (to whom money and/ or areca nut, placed on top of the sheaf of leaves, are offered in thanks for blessings).
The betel plant is an evergreen perennial, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkin. The betel plant originated in South and South East Asia.
Betelguese (n.) (Astron.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]
Betel nut (n.) The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
Betel nut (n.) Seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia [syn: betel nut, areca nut].
Bete noire (n.) 【法】令人憎惡（或畏懼）的人（或事物） Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Bete noire (n.) A detested person; "he is an anathema to me" [syn: anathema, bete noire].
Compare: Bugbear
Bugbear (n.) An imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear.
Bugbear (n.) An object or source of dread.
Bugbear (n.) A continuing source of irritation: Problem.
Bethabara wood (n.) (Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
Bethel (n.) 聖地；水手、海員禮拜堂；非國教徒的禮拜堂 A place of worship; a hallowed spot. -- S. F. Adams.
Bethel (n.) A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.]
Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.
Bethel (n.) A house of worship (especially one for sailors).
Bethel (n.) House of God. A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El-beth-el" (q.v.). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference.
In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. 20:18, 31; 21:2). Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. 7:16). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). At length all traces of the idolatries were extirpated by Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:15-18); and the place was still in existence after the Captivity (Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32). It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh.
Bethel (n.) Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. 16:1; 1 Sam. 13:2).
Bethel (n.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 8:17; 12:16).
Beth-el, The house of God
Bethel -- U.S. Census Area in Alaska
Population (2000): 16006
Housing Units (2000): 5188
Land area (2000): 40633.309715 sq. miles (105239.784563 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4875.149600 sq. miles (12626.578961 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 45508.459315 sq. miles (117866.363524 sq. km)
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 60.888556 N, 161.191411 W
Headwords:
Bethel
Bethel, AK
Bethel Census Area
Bethel Census Area, AK
Bethel, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 5471
Housing Units (2000): 1990
Land area (2000): 43.758525 sq. miles (113.334055 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.066020 sq. miles (13.120930 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 48.824545 sq. miles (126.454985 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06520
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 60.789724 N, 161.779332 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Bethel, AK
Bethel
Bethel, CT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Connecticut
Population (2000): 9137
Housing Units (2000): 3744
Land area (2000): 4.083110 sq. miles (10.575207 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.083110 sq. miles (10.575207 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04790
Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09
Location: 41.373028 N, 73.416168 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 06801
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Headwords:
Bethel, CT
Bethel
Bethel, DE -- U.S. town in Delaware
Population (2000): 184
Housing Units (2000): 97
Land area (2000): 0.445357 sq. miles (1.153469 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.445357 sq. miles (1.153469 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05820
Located within: Delaware (DE), FIPS 10
Location: 38.568676 N, 75.620188 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 19931
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Headwords:
Bethel, DE
Bethel
Bethel, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 1681
Housing Units (2000): 710
Land area (2000): 1.046209 sq. miles (2.709669 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.046209 sq. miles (2.709669 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05460
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.806916 N, 77.376889 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27812
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Headwords:
Bethel, NC
Bethel
Bethel, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 2637
Housing Units (2000): 1099
Land area (2000): 1.339151 sq. miles (3.468384 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.339151 sq. miles (3.468384 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06068
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 38.963171 N, 84.081787 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45106
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Headwords:
Bethel, OH
Bethel
Bethel, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 443
Housing Units (2000): 155
Land area (2000): 0.861781 sq. miles (2.232003 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.056181 sq. miles (0.145507 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.917962 sq. miles (2.377510 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05554
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.402271 N, 93.267734 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Bethel
Bethel, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000): 121
Housing Units (2000): 77
Land area (2000): 0.141279 sq. miles (0.365912 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.141279 sq. miles (0.365912 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05104
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.877205 N, 92.024433 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63434
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Headwords:
Bethel, MO
Bethel
Bethought (imp. & p. p.) of Bethink.
Bethinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethink.
Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.
I have bethought me of another fault. -- Shak.
The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. -- Milton.
We bethink a means to break it off. -- Shak.
[Syn: To recollect; remember; reflect.]
Bethink (v. i.) To think; to recollect; to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." -- Byron.
Bethink (v.) Cause oneself to consider something.
Bethink (v.) Consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament".
Bethlehem (n.) A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
Bethlehem (n.) (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. -- Audsley. Bethlehemite
Bethlehem (n.) A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production.
Bethlehem (n.) 伯利恆（耶穌降生地） A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah].
Bethlehem (n.) House of bread. A city in the "hill country" of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 Sam. 17:12), and "the city of David" (Luke 2:4). It is first noticed in Scripture as the place where Rachel died and was buried "by the wayside," directly to the north of the city (Gen. 48:7). The valley to the east was the scene of the story of Ruth the Moabitess. There are the fields in which she gleaned, and the path by which she and Naomi returned to the town. Here was David's birth-place, and here also, in after years, he was anointed as king by Samuel (1 Sam. 16:4-13); and it was from the well of Bethlehem that three of his heroes brought water for him at the risk of their lives when he was in the cave of Adullam (2 Sam. 23:13-17). But it was distinguished above every other city as the birth-place of "Him whose goings forth have been of old" (Matt. 2:6; comp. Micah 5:2). Afterwards Herod, "when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men," sent and slew "all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under" (Matt. 2:16, 18; Jer. 31:15).
Bethlehem bears the modern name of Beit-Lahm, i.e., "house of flesh." It is about 5 miles south of Jerusalem, standing at an elevation of about 2,550 feet above the sea, thus 100 feet higher than Jerusalem.
There is a church still existing, built by Constantine the Great (A.D. 330), called the "Church of the Nativity," over a grotto or cave called the "holy crypt," and said to be the "stable" in which Jesus was born. This is perhaps the oldest existing Christian church in the world. Close to it is another grotto, where Jerome the Latin father is said to have spent thirty years of his life in translating the Scriptures into Latin. (See VERSION.)
Bethlehem (n.) A city of Zebulun, mentioned only in Josh. 19:15. Now Beit-Lahm, a ruined village about 6 miles west-north-west of Nazareth.
Beth-lehem (n.) House of bread
Bethlehem, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000): 3713
Housing Units (2000): 1549
Land area (2000): 7.594031 sq. miles (19.668449 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.313086 sq. miles (3.400877 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.907117 sq. miles (23.069326 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05530
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.812171 N, 81.293026 W
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 716
Housing Units (2000): 265
Land area (2000): 2.157709 sq. miles (5.588441 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.157709 sq. miles (5.588441 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07612
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.936492 N, 83.710481 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30620
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Headwords:
Bethlehem, GA
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA -- U.S. city in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 71329
Housing Units (2000): 29631
Land area (2000): 19.255333 sq. miles (49.871081 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.167156 sq. miles (0.432931 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 19.422489 sq. miles (50.304012 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06088
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.626198 N, 75.375673 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 18015 18018
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Headwords:
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, WV -- U.S. village in West Virginia
Population (2000): 2651
Housing Units (2000): 1169
Land area (2000): 3.529233 sq. miles (9.140672 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.529233 sq. miles (9.140672 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06940
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 40.048761 N, 80.693601 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Bethlehem
Bethlehemite (n.) Alt. of Bethlemite.
Bethlemite (n.) An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
Bethlemite (n.) An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.
Bethlemite (n.) One of an extinct English order of monks.
Bethought (imp. & p. p.) of Bethink.
Bethrall (v. t.) To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. -- Poe.
Bethumped (imp. & p. p.) of Bethump.
Bethumpt () of Bethump.
Bethumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethump.
Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly. -- Shak.
Betided (imp. & p. p.) of Betide.
Betid (Obs) of Betide.
Betiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betide.
Betide (v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
What will betide the few ? -- Milton.
Betide (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
A salve for any sore that may betide. -- Shak.
Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me ?" Betime
Betide (v.) Become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide].
Betime (adv.) Alt. of Betimes.
Betimes (adv.) In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
To measure life learn thou betimes. -- Milton.
To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. -- Barrow.
Betimes (adv.) In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. -- Shak.
Betimes (adv.) In good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: early, betimes].
Betitle (v. t.) To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. [Obs.] -- Carlyle.
Betokened (imp. & p. p.) of Betoken.
Betokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betoken.
Betoken (v. t.) 預示；表示；證明；指示 To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. -- Milton.
Betoken (v. t.) To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.
Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
Betoken (v.) Be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" [syn: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal].
Betoken (v.) Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict].
Beton (n.) (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Betonies (n. pl. ) of Betony.
Betony (n.) (Bot.) 【植】水蘇屬植物；石蠶屬植物 A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).
Note: The purple or wood betony ({Betonica officinalis, Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.
Betook (imp.) of Betake.
Betorn (a.) (Archaic) 破爛的；衣衫襤褸的 Torn in pieces; tattered.
Betossed (imp. & p. p.) of Betoss
Betoss (v. t.) To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "My betossed soul." -- Shak.
Compare: Agitate
Agitate (v.) [With object] 使激動；使焦慮；攪動（液體等）；搖動；激烈辯論（問題等） Make (someone) troubled or nervous.
‘The thought of questioning Toby agitated him extremely.’
Agitate (v.) [With object] Stir or disturb (something, especially a liquid) briskly.
‘Agitate the water to disperse the oil.’
Agitate (v.) [With object] [No object ] 鼓動；煽動 [（+for/ against）] Campaign to arouse public concern about an issue in the hope of prompting action.
‘They agitated for a reversal of the decision.’
Compare: Toss
Toss (v.) [With object and adverbial of direction ] (v. t.) 拋，扔，投 [（+to）] [O1]；使上下搖動；把……拋來拋去 (v. i.) 被亂扔；顛簸；翻滾；翻來覆去 [（+about）] Throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually.
‘Suzy tossed her bag on to the sofa.’
[With two objects ]‘She tossed me a box of matches.’
Toss (v.) [With object ] (Of a horse) Throw (a rider) off its back.
Toss (v.) [With object ] Throw (a coin) into the air in order to make a decision between two alternatives, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when it lands.
‘We could just toss a coin.’
[No object] ‘He tossed up between courgettes and tomatoes and courgettes won.’
Toss (v.) [With object] Settle a matter with (someone) by tossing a coin.
‘I'll toss you for it.’
Toss (v.) Move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth.
[No object ]‘The trees tossed in the wind.’
[With object ]‘The yachts were tossed around like toys in the harbor.’
[As adjective, in combination -tossed ]‘Tempest-tossed and shipwrecked mariners.’
Toss (v.) [With object ] Jerk (one's head or hair) sharply backwards.
‘Paula pursed her lips and tossed her head.’
‘She stood up, tossing her hair out of her eyes.’
Toss (v.) [With object ] Shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly.
‘Toss the pasta in the sauce.’
Toss (v.) [North American, informal ] [With object] Search (a place).
‘I could demand her keys and toss her office.’
Toss (n.) [C] 拋，扔，投；投擲的距離 An act or instance of tossing something.
‘A defiant toss of her head.’
‘The toss of a coin.’
Toss (n.) (The toss) The action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game.
‘Somerset won the toss and chose to bat.’
Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betrap.
Betrap (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent. -- Gower.
Compare: Insnare
Insnare (v. t.) 誘……入圈套；陷……於陷阱；誘惑 Archaic variant of Ensnare.
Compare: Ensnare
Ensnare (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 誘捕；誘入圈套；陷害 Catch in or as in a trap.
‘They were ensnared in city centre traffic.’
Compare: Circumvent
Circumvent (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 以智取勝；規避；防止……發生；環繞；包圍 Find a way around (an obstacle).
‘If you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it.’
Circumvent (v.) [With object] Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way.
‘I found it quite easy to circumvent security.’
‘It was always possible to circumvent the regulations.’
Circumvent (v.) [With object] [Archaic] Deceive; outwit.
‘He's circumvented her with some of his stories.’
Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.
After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses betrapped with the same. -- Stow.
Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betray.
Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betray.
Betray (v. t.) 背叛；出賣；對……不忠 [（+to）]；洩漏，透露；（無意中）暴露，顯示 [（+to）] [+wh-] To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. -- Matt. xvii. 22.
Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. -- Johnson.
Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. -- Macaulay.
Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. -- T. Watts.
Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. -- T. Watts.
Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
All the names in the country betray great antiquity. -- Bryant.
Betray (v.) Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" [syn: betray, bewray].
Betray (v.) Deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell].
Betray (v.) Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" [syn: fail, betray].
Betray (v.) Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander].
Betray (v.) Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag].
Betray (v.) Cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" [syn: deceive, betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive].
Betrayal (n.) 背叛；密告；洩密；引誘 The act or the result of betraying.
Betrayal (n.) An act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy].
Betrayal (n.) The quality of aiding an enemy.
Betrayer (n.) 背叛者；誘惑者；告密者 One who, or that which, betrays.
Betrayer (n.) One who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber]
Betrayer (n.) A person who says one thing and does another [syn: double- crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor].
Betrayment (n.) 背叛；密告；洩密；引誘 Betrayal. [R.] -- Udall.
Betrimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Betrim.
Betrimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betrim.
Betrim (v. t.) 修剪；裝飾；裝點 To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim. -- Shak.
Betrothed (imp. & p. p.) of Betroth.
Betrothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betroth.
Betroth (v. t.) 把……許配給 [（+to）]；【廢】答應娶 To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. -- Spenser.
Ay, and we are betrothed. -- Shak.
Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? -- Deut. xx. 7.
Betroth (v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. -- Ayliffe.
Betroth (v.) Give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight].
Betroth () To promise "by one's truth." Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deut. 28:30; Judg. 14:2, 8; Matt. 1:18-21). The term is figuratively employed of the spiritual connection between God and his people (Hos. 2:19, 20).
Betroth (v.) [ T ] (Old use) 使訂婚 To cause someone to promise formally to marry someone.
// She was betrothed to her cousin at an early age.
Betrothal (n.) 訂婚 The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." -- Longfellow.
Betrothal (n.) A mutual promise to marry [syn: betrothal, troth, engagement].
Betrothal (n.) The act of becoming betrothed or engaged [syn: betrothal, espousal].
Betrothed (a.) Pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: bespoken, betrothed].
Betrothed (n.) The person to whom you are engaged.
Betrothed (n.) [ S ] (Formal or old use) 未婚夫；未婚妻 A person that someone has promised to marry, or has been promised to as a marriage partner.
// He sent a dozen roses to his betrothed.
[Syn: Fiancé, Fiancée]