beet

英[biːt] 美[bit]
  • n. 甜菜;甜菜根
  • vt. 生火;修理;改过

词态变化


复数: beets;

英文词源


beet (n.)
Old English bete "beet, beetroot," from Latin beta, said to be of Celtic origin. Common in Old English, then lost till c. 1400. Still usually spoken of in plural in U.S. A general West Germanic borrowing, cognates: Old Frisian bete, Middle Dutch bete, Old High German bieza, German Beete.

双语例句


1. There sugar - beet plantation areas were expanded to 176000 hectares.
他们的甜菜种植面积增加到176000公顷.

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2. They talked endlessly about beet and cattle feed.
他们就甜菜和牛饲料的话题谈个没完.

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3. My face is always as red as a beet when I come out of the sauna.
每次洗完桑拿,我的脸总是通红.

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4. The long lower hall had not beet lighted.
楼下的长廊没有点灯.

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5. Beet tops are somewhat like spinach.
甜菜叶子有点像菠菜.

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