betta

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛtɑː(ɹ)/|/ˈbɛtə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
    — Rather than simply waiting for a clockwise turn and then presenting the mirror, past experience with another betta suggested that the turning behavior could be established more rapidly using a shaping procedure.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of good. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
    — 'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'
副词 adv.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of well. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
    — “Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
  2. Pronunciation spelling of better (“had better”). alt-of,pronunciation-spelling,slang
    — “Boy, if I done told you once, I done told you a thousand times, you betta leave them white girls alone before one of their boyfriends or husbands roll up on you, and put a hurtin on yo lil behind.”

词形变化

bettas plural

词源

From the genus name.
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