Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 38
Betrothment (n.) 婚約；訂婚 The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.
Compare: Betrothal
Betrothal (n.) [Mass noun] [Dated] 訂婚 Formal engagement to be married; engagement.
Compare: Engagement
Engagement (n.) 訂婚；婚約 [C] [（+to）]；諾言，保證 [C]；需償付的款項 [P]；約會 [C] A formal agreement to get married.
‘She'd broken off her engagement to Paul.’
Engagement (n.) The duration of an agreement to get married.
‘A good long engagement to give you time to be sure.’
Engagement (n.) An arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time.
‘A dinner engagement.’
Engagement (n.) [Mass noun] The action of engaging or being engaged.
‘Britain's continued engagement in open trading’
Engagement (n.) A fight or battle between armed forces.
‘The war's most significant engagements were fought to keep these sea lanes open.’
Betrothment (n.) 婚約；訂婚 A contract between a man and a woman, by which they agree that at a future, time they will marry together.
Betrothment (n.) The requisites of this contract are 1. That it be reciprocal. 2. That the parties be able to contract.
Betrothment (n.) The contract must be mutual; the Promise of the one must be the consideration for the promise of the other. It must be obligatory on both parties at the same instant, so that each may have an action upon it, or it will bind neither. 1 Salk. 24, Carth. 467; 5 Mod. 411; 1 Freem. 95; 3 Keb. 148; Co. Lit. 79 a, b.
Betrothment (n.) The parties must be able to contract. if either be married at the time of betrothment, the contract is void; but the married party cannot take advantage of his own wrong, and set up a marriage or previous engagement, as an answer to the action for the breach of the contract, because this disability proceeds from the defendant's own act. Raym. 387 3 Just. 89; I Sid. 112 1 Bl. Com. 438.
Betrothment (n.) The performance of this engagement or completion of the marriage, must be performed within a reasonable time. Either party may, therefore, call upon the other to fulfill the engagement, and in case of refusal or neglect to do so, within a reasonable time after request made, may treat the betrothment as at an end, and bring action for the breach of the contract. 2 C. & P. 631.
Betrothment (n.) For a breach of the betrothment, without a just cause, an action on the case may be maintained for the recovery of damages. See Affiance; Promise of Marriage.
Betrust (v. t.) To trust or intrust. [Obs.]
Betrustment (n.) The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.] -- Chipman.
Betso (n.) A small brass Venetian coin. [Obs.]
Better (a.) 較佳的；更好的；更適當的；更稱心的 Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
Could make the worse appear The better reason. -- Milton.
Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.
To obey is better than sacrifice. -- 1 Sam. xv. 22.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. -- Ps. cxviii. 9.
Better (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.
Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.
All the better. See under All, adv.
Better half, An expression used to designate one's wife.
My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee. -- Sir P. Sidney.
To be better off, To be in a better condition.
Had better. (See under Had).
Note: The phrase had better, followed by an infinitive without to, is idiomatic. The earliest form of construction was "were better" with a dative; as, "Him were better go beside." (-- Gower.) i. e., It would be better for him, etc. At length the nominative (I, he, they, etc.) supplanted the dative and had took the place of were. Thus we have the construction now used.
By all that's holy, he had better starve Than but once think this place becomes thee not. -- Shak.
Bettered (imp. & p. p.) of Better
Bettering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better
Better (v. t.) 改善；改進；提高；超過；勝過 To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
Love betters what is best. -- Wordsworth.
He thought to better his circumstances. -- Thackeray.
Better (v. t.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.
The constant effort of every man to better himself. -- Macaulay.
Better (v. t.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered. -- Hooker.
Better (v. t.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. [Obs.]
Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. -- Milton.
Syn: To improve; meliorate; ameliorate; mend; amend; correct; emend; reform; advance; promote.
Better (n.) （人或事物）較優者，較好者 [the S]；上司們；長輩 [P] Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.
Their betters would hardly be found. -- Hooker.
For the better, In the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. "If I have altered him anywhere for the better." -- Dryden.
Better (adv.) 更好地；更適當地；較大程度地；更 In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.
I could have better spared a better man. -- Shak.
Better (adv.) More correctly or thoroughly.
The better to understand the extent of our knowledge. -- Locke.
Better (adv.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.
Never was monarch better feared, and loved. -- Shak.
Better (adv.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better. [Colloq.]
To think better of (Any one), To have a more favorable opinion of any one.
To think better of (An opinion, resolution, etc.), To reconsider and alter one's decision.
Better (v. i.) 變得較好 To become better; to improve. -- Carlyle.
Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
Better (adv.) Comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job".
Better (adv.) From a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best].
Better (a.) (Comparative of `good') Superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" [ant: worse].
Better (a.) (Comparative of `good') Changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant: worse, worsened].
Better (a.) (Comparative and superlative of `well') Wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)].
Better (a.) More than half; "argued for the better part of an hour".
Better (n.) Something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better".
Better (n.) Someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter].
Better (n.) A superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters".
Better (n.) The superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two".
Better (v.) Surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break].
Better (v.) To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen].
Better (v.) Get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen].
Betterment (n.) 改善；改進 [U]；【律】（使不動產增值的超出一般修繕的）改良 [P] A making better; amendment; improvement. -- W. Montagu.
Betterment (n.) (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] -- Bouvier.
Betterment (n.) A change for the better; progress in development [syn: improvement, betterment, advance].
Betterment (n.) An improvement that adds to the value of a property or Facility.
Betterment (n.) The act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: amelioration, melioration, betterment].
Bettermost (a.) 【口】最好的；較大的 Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." -- Brougham.
Betterness (n.) 優等 The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
Bettong (n.) (Zool.) 草原袋鼠屬 A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.
Bettong (n.) Short-nosed rat kangaroo.
Compare: Kangaroo
Kangaroo (n.) 【動】袋鼠 [C] A large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hindlimbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea.
Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: several species
Have kangaroos in the (or one's) top paddock (ph.) (Informal Australian) 犯傻 Be mad or eccentric.
Bettor (n.) 打賭者；賭博者 One who bets; a better. -- Addison.
Bettor (n.) Someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter].
Betty (n.) [俚語]（盜賊撬門用的） 鐵桿。 A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written also bettee.]
The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. -- Arbuthnot.
Betty (n.) [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.] 愛做家務的男子 A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
Betty (n.) 〔美國〕長頸瓶。A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Compare: Flask
Flask (n.) [C] （實驗用的）燒瓶；長頸瓶；攜帶瓶；酒瓶；【英】熱水瓶 A container for liquids.
Flask (n.) A narrow-necked glass container, typically conical or spherical, used in a laboratory to hold reagents or samples.
Flask (n.) A narrow-necked bulbous glass container, typically with a covering of wickerwork, for storing wine or oil.
Flask (n.) [British] A vacuum flask.
Flask (n.) A hip flask.
Flask (n.) The contents of a flask.
‘A flask of coffee.’
Flask (n.) An extremely strong lead-lined container for transporting or storing radioactive nuclear waste.
Flask (n.) [Historical] Short for powder flask.
‘Sitting on top of shellfish remains were 20 empty gunpowder flasks and loose flask caps.’
short for powder flask.
Betulin (n.) (Chem.) A term originally applied to a substance obtained as a resin or tar by extraction from the outer bark of the common European white birch ({Betula alba); now referring to the chemical compound ({C30H50O2) having a cyclopentanophenanthrene ring system, which is the main constituent of that extract, and which may be obtained crystalline; -- called also birch camphor. -- Watts.
Compare: Birch
Birch (n.) (Also birch tree)【植】樺，白樺 [C]；樺木 [U]；（鞭打用的）樺條 [C] A slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the silver birch (B. pendula) of Europe.
Birch (n.) (Also birch tree) [Mass noun] The hard fine-grained pale wood of birch trees.
Birch (n.) (The birch) [Historical] A formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs.
‘There were calls to bring back the birch.’
Birch (v.) [With object] (v. t.) [Historical] 用樺條鞭打 Beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment.
‘The school would attempt to birch them into submission.’
Betumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Betumble
Betumble (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.]
From her betumbled couch she starteth. -- Shak.
Betutored (imp. & p. p.) of Betutor
Betutor (v. t.) To tutor; to instruct. -- Coleridge.
Between (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] -- Shak.
Between (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
Between (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
If things should go so between them. -- Bacon.
Between (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. -- Locke.
Between (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. -- Hume.
Between (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
Between decks, The space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel.
Between ourselves, Between you and me, Between themselves, In confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.
Syn: Between, Among.
Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation.
I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. -- Johnson.
Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew.
Between (adv.) In the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: between, betwixt].
Between (adv.) In between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: between, 'tween].
Between, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 148
Housing Units (2000): 63
Land area (2000): 0.868533 sq. miles (2.249491 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.868533 sq. miles (2.249491 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07640
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.813956 N, 83.809170 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Between, GA
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Betwixt (prep.) In the space which separates; between.
Betwixt (prep.) From one to another of; mutually affecting.
Beurre (n.) A beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre d'Anjou; Beurre Clairgeau.
Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
Bevel (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
Bevel (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Beveled (imp. & p. p.) of Bevel
Bevelled () of Bevel
Beveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bevel
Bevelling () of Bevel
Bevel (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90? as a surface; to slant.
Beveled (a.) Alt. of Bevelled
Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table.
Bevelled (a.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid.
Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
Bevelment (n.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
Bever (n.) A light repast between meals; a lunch.
Bevered (imp. & p. p.) of Bever
Bever (v. i.) To take a light repast between meals.
Beverage (n.) 飲料 [C] Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.
He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. -- Thomson.
Beverage (n.) Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
Beverage (n.) A treat, or drink money. [Slang]
Beverage (n.) Any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: {beverage}, {drink}, {drinkable}, {potable}].
Beverage (n.) [ C ] (Formal) 飲料 A drink of any type.
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Bevile (n.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.
Beviled (a.) Alt. of Bevilled
Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Bevies (n. pl. ) of Bevy
Bevy (n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
Bevy (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Bewailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewail
Bewailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewail
Bewail (v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.
Bewail (v. i.) To express grief; to lament.
Bewailable (a.) Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
Bewailer (n.) One who bewails or laments.
Bewailing (a.) Wailing over; lamenting.
Bewailment (n.) The act of bewailing.
Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.
Beware (v. t.) 注意，提防 [+wh-] [+that] To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.]
"Priest, beware your beard." -- Shak.
To wish them beware the son. -- Milton.
Beware (v. i.) 當心，小心 [（+of/ lest）] To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
Beware of all, but most beware of man ! -- Pope.
Beware the awful avalanche. -- Longfellow.
Beware (v. i.) To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]
Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. -- Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.
Note: This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. "Be ye war of false prophetis." -- Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.
Beware (v.) Be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to; "Beware of telephone salesmen" [syn: beware, mind].
Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
Bewept (imp. & p. p.) of Beweep
Beweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beweep
Beweep (v. t.) To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.
Beweep (v. i.) To weep.
Bewet (imp. & p. p.) of Bewet
Bewetted () of Bewet
Bewet (v. t.) To wet or moisten.
Bewhore (v. t.) To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of.
Bewhore (v. t.) To pronounce or characterize as a whore.
Bewigged (imp. & p. p.) of Bewig
Bewig (v. t.) To cover (the head) with a wig.
Bewildered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewilder