betting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bet·ting /ˈbetɪŋ/ noun 1. [uncountable] when people risk money on the results of games, competitions etc or other future events 打赌；赌钱 → gambling2 what’s the betting (also the betting is British English) used to say that something seems very likely to happen or to be true 很可能 What’s the betting Dan’s involved in this somewhere? 很可能丹也多少参与了这件事吧？
Examples from the Corpus
betting• True, Goodwood was over, but betting went on, thank goodness.• One of their main features is the heavy betting, often into four figures.• Their activities have nothing at all to do with sport and everything to do with telephone-number betting.• His elucidation of the finer points of betting is also excellent.• On present betting, there is a fair chance the pound will finally join the system by the end of next year.• The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation.bet·ting nounChineseSyllable
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betting
bet‧ting /ˈbetɪŋ/
noun
1. [uncountable] when people risk money on the results of games, competitions etc or other future events ⇨ gambling
2. what’s the betting ( also the betting is British English) used to say that something seems very likely to happen or to be true:
What’s the betting Dan’s involved in this somewhere?
bet‧ting /ˈbetɪŋ/
noun1. [uncountable] when people risk money on the results of games, competitions etc or other future events ⇨ gambling
2. what’s the betting ( also the betting is British English) used to say that something seems very likely to happen or to be true:
