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bet bottom dollar

/bot-uhm/US // ˈbɒt əm //UK // (ˈbɒtəm) //

赌底钱,赌一把,赌注,赌注为零

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page.
    • : the under or lower side; underside: the bottom of a typewriter.
    • : the ground under any body of water: the bottom of the sea.
    • : Usually bottoms .Also called bottom land. Physical Geography. low alluvial land next to a river.
    • : Nautical. the part of a hull between the bilges, including the keel.the part of a hull that is immersed at all times.the cargo space in a vessel.a cargo vessel.
    • : the seat of a chair.
    • : Informal. the buttocks; rump.
    • : the fundamental part; basic aspect.
    • : bottoms, the bottom part of a two-piece article of clothing, as a bathing suit or the trousers of a pair of pajamas.
    • : the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard.
    • : the cause; origin; basis: Try getting to the bottom of the problem.
    • : Baseball. the second half of an inning.the last three players in the batting order.
    • : lowest limit, especially of dignity, status, or rank: When people sink that low, they're bound to reach the bottom soon.
    • : Slang. the submissive partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the person who is penetrated in anal intercourse.
    • : Usually bottoms .Chemistry. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to furnish with a bottom.
    • : to base or found.
    • : to discover the full meaning of; fathom.
    • : to bring to rest on the ocean floor: They had to bottom the sub until the enemy cruisers had passed by.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be based; rest.
    • : to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom.
    • : to sink vertically, as when bouncing after passing over a bump, so that the suspension reaches the lower limit of its motion: The car bottomed too easily on the bumpy road.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the bottom or a bottom.
    • : located on or at the bottom: I want the bottom book in the stack.
    • : lowest: bottom prices.
    • : living near or on the bottom: A flounder is a bottom fish.
    • : fundamental: the bottom cause.
  1. 1
    • : bottom out, to reach the lowest state or level: The declining securities market finally bottomed out and began to rise.

Phrases

  • bottom drops out, the
  • bottom line
  • bottom of the barrel
  • bottom of the ladder
  • bottom out
  • at bottom
  • from head to toe (top to bottom)
  • from the bottom of one's heart
  • get to the bottom
  • hit (touch) bottom
  • knock the bottom out of
  • rock bottom
  • touch bottom
  • you bet your ass (bottom dollar)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

  • Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.

  • Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”

  • Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.

  • On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”

  • But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.

  • In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.

  • "I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.

  • In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.

  • The signatures at the bottom of this memorandum, were hidden from Wharton's view, when he was allowed to read it.