| 单词 | to change the betting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto change the betting The making of bets, wagering. Also (Horse Racing), the odds offered. to change the betting, i.e. the course of the betting on an event, put for ‘the chances, the way things are going’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] wedding1503 bettinga1616 wagering1692 gambling1700 the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > predict change [verb (intransitive)] to change the betting1858 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > odds odds1748 price1829 betting1901 line1964 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. i. 98 You'l pay me the eight shillings I won of you at Betting [1600 beating] ? View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 548 Gambling and betting were his amusements. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxxx. 38 It is not hiding the head as is the wont of the ostrich and the turkey, that will change the betting. 1901 C. Richardson Eng. Turf i. 2 In the North-country towns, too, a single sheet is everywhere on sale shortly before noon, filled with telegrams from the course,..and the little regarded ‘latest betting’, which is an epitome of the prices offered on the day's races. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 602 Bettings 5 to 4 on Zinfandel, 20 to 1 Throwaway (off). 1939 P. R. Chalmers Racing England vi. 88 Not to be mentioned in the betting has never yet stopped a horse from winning. < as lemmas |
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