酷兔词典首页

beet

美音:[bi:t ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[bi:t ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.甜菜,甜菜根 vt.生火,修理,改过

难易程度:

beet为短语/超纲词汇

beet


/bi:t; bit/
n [U, C]
1 type of plant with a fleshy root which is used as a vegetable or for making sugar 甜菜.
2 (US) = beet.

beet


n [U and C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: bete, from Latin beta]
alsosugar beet
a vegetable that sugar is made from
AmE a plant with a round dark red root that you cook and eat as a vegetable
British Equivalent: beetroot
red as a beet
AmE informal having a red face, especially because you are embarrassed