better

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 [ˈbɛtʰ.ə]    美 [ˈbeɾ.ə]|[ˈbɛɾ.ɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
    — He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
  2. Alternative spelling of bettor. alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. Had better. auxiliary,colloquial,modal
    — It's getting late. You better get on home.
  2. To improve. transitive
    — This government will better our society.
  3. To become better; to improve. intransitive
  4. To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel. transitive
    — The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered.
  5. To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. transitive
    — Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative degree of good and well comparative,form-of
    — How are you? ~ A little better, thanks.
  2. Greater in amount or quantity
    — “The air was still with the lonely thrill of 'now the hour is near' And the smell of sweat was better yet than the awful stench of fear.”
  3. Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
    — The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.
  4. Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
    — We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.
副词 adv.
  1. comparative form of well: more well comparative,form-of
    — The engine runs better now that I've given it some oil.

词形变化

good positive well adverb betterer comparative,humorous best superlative betterest humorous betters plural betters present,singular,third-person bettering participle,present bettered participle,past bettered past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template better infinitive better first-person,present,singular bettered first-person,past,singular better present,second-person,singular bettered past,second-person,singular betters present,singular,third-person bettered past,singular,third-person better plural,present bettered past,plural better present,subjunctive bettered past,subjunctive better imperative,present - imperative,past bettering participle,present bettered participle,past betters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
against one's better judgment all to the better an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure are you feeling better better and better better an egg today than a hen tomorrow better angels better angels of one's nature better angels of someone's nature better ball better Dead than Red better for it betterfy better half betterhood betterish better is the enemy of good better-known better known as better late than never better light better luck next time better nature betterness better off better one word in time than two afterwards better-paid better part of better place better safe than sorry bettership bettersome better than a kick in the teeth better than a poke in the eye better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick better than nothing better than sex better the devil you know than the devil you don't better the devil you know than the devil you don't know better the devil you know than the one you don't better the devil you know than the one you don't know better to be late than be dead on time better to light a candle than to curse the darkness better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness better to light one candle than to curse the darkness better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness build a better mousetrap build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door discretion is the better part of valor discretion is the better part of valour do someone one better embetter for better or for worse for better or worse for the better get better go one better half a loaf is better than no bread half a loaf is better than no loaf half a loaf is better than none have seen better days I couldn't have said it better myself it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six know any better know better make a better door than a window no better than one ought to be prevention is better than cure something is better than nothing so much the better strictly better take a turn for the better the better is the enemy of the good the devil we know is better than the devil we don't the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know the devil you know is better than the devil you don't the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know the fewer the better fare the grey mare is the better horse think better of two heads are better than one work better under pressure you better believe it betterable betterer betterment unbetterable unbettered

词源

词源 1
From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”).
Cognate with Dutch beter, German besser, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bedre, Norwegian Nynorsk betre, Swedish bättre, Faroese and Icelandic betri. Also Sanskrit भ॒द्र (bhadrá, “blessed; fortunate; happy; good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). Related to best and battle (“getting better; improving; fruitful; fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot.
False cognate of Persian بهتر (behtar).
词源 2
Shortening of had better ('d better).
词源 3
From Middle English beteren, from Old English beterian, betrian, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną. Cognate with West Frisian betterje (“to better”), Dutch beteren (“to better”), German bessern (“to better”), Danish bedre (“to better”), Swedish bättra (“to better”).
词源 4
Alternative spelling of bettor or modern formation from the verb to bet + -er.
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