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单词 bêtise
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Definition of bêtise in English:

bêtise

noun betizbeɪˈtiːzbɛˈtiːzbeˈtēz
  • A foolish or ill-timed remark or action.

    愚蠢(或不合时宜)的言行

    in spite of her bêtise about striped suits he saw her point of view
    Example sentencesExamples
    • (Nanfang Daily) Yet another piece of bêtise: A plastic goods factory took advantage of the summer vacation to hire youth workers, including many of whom are under 16 years old.
    • Here are examples of what we call ‘faire des bêtises’ in French.
    • This is a special issue on bêtises d' enfance (childhood high jinks, goof ups and silly mistakes).

Origin

French, 'stupidity', from bête 'foolish'.

Rhymes

Achinese, Ambonese, appease, Assamese, Balinese, Belize, Beninese, Bernese, Bhutanese, breeze, Burmese, Cantonese, Castries, cerise, cheese, chemise, Chinese, Cingalese, Cleese, Congolese, Denise, Dodecanese, ease, éminence grise, expertise, Faroese, freeze, Fries, frieze, Gabonese, Genoese, Goanese, Guyanese, he's, Japanese, Javanese, jeez, journalese, Kanarese, Keys, Lebanese, lees, legalese, Louise, Macanese, Madurese, Maltese, marquise, Milanese, Nepalese, officialese, overseas, pease, Pekinese, Peloponnese, Piedmontese, please, Portuguese, Pyrenees, reprise, Rwandese, seise, seize, Senegalese, she's, Siamese, Sienese, Sikkimese, Sinhalese, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Tabriz, Taiwanese, tease, Tees, telegraphese, these, Timorese, Togolese, trapeze, valise, Viennese, Vietnamese, vocalese, wheeze

Definition of bêtise in US English:

bêtise

nounbeˈtēz
  • A foolish or ill-timed remark or action.

    愚蠢(或不合时宜)的言行

    Example sentencesExamples
    • (Nanfang Daily) Yet another piece of bêtise: A plastic goods factory took advantage of the summer vacation to hire youth workers, including many of whom are under 16 years old.
    • This is a special issue on bêtises d' enfance (childhood high jinks, goof ups and silly mistakes).
    • Here are examples of what we call ‘faire des bêtises’ in French.

Origin

French, ‘stupidity’, from bête ‘foolish’.

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