Old English bete "beet, beetroot," from Latin beta, said to be of Celtic origin. Common in Old English, then lost till c. 1400. Still usually spoken of in plural in U.S. A general West Germanic borrowing, cognates: Old Frisian bete, Middle Dutch bete, Old High German bieza, German Beete.
雙語例句
1. There sugar - beet plantation areas were expanded to 176000 hectares.
他們的甜菜種植面積增加到176000公頃.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. They talked endlessly about beet and cattle feed.
他們就甜菜和牛飼料的話題談個沒完.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. My face is always as red as a beet when I come out of the sauna.