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单词 betide
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Definition of betide in English:

betide

verb bɪˈtʌɪdbəˈtaɪd
[no object]literary
  • 1Happen.

    〈诗/文〉发生

    I waited with beating heart, not knowing what would betide

    我紧张地等待着,不知道会发生什么事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Woe betide if you use flash during a performance - it's off-putting to other audience members and most of all, tot he performers.
    • Well, I'm still scared, but woe betide if I dare admit it out loud.
    • If they go blitz-wacky against first-rate teams in the playoffs, woe may betide.
    • Sister Madalena was headmistress and woe betide at Monday assembly if you hadn't been to Mass on Sunday.
    • A terrific night for the young and young at heart Simon promised he'd be back to Carlow and judging by the wild celebrations of his Carlow fans - woe betide if he isn't!
    Synonyms
    happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, arise, chance
    result, ensue, follow, develop, supervene
    North American informal go down
    literary come to pass, befall, bechance
    rare hap, arrive, eventuate
    1. 1.1with object Happen to (someone)
      发生在(某人)身上,降临于
      she was trembling with fear lest worse might betide her

      她吓得发抖,担心更糟的事情会降临到自己身上。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • But woe betide the people when they have the effrontery to take a stand on higher principles.
      • Woes betide he who thinks himself invulnerable to this cakey onslaught.
      • Woe betide the mother who has been forced into to having a sense of humor about disciplining her child, for she will bear no more offspring, but maybe get a dog instead.
      • Woe betide he who would hurt our loved ones, isn't that the way we all feel?
      • Woe betide the working man or woman who has the gall to turn up for an afternoon meeting with alcohol on the breath, even if it was from one quick half, even if it does help you through the pain barrier of an agonising, endless sales seminar.
      • It wasn't just the Irish blogs that had their say - and woe betide he who thinks our little corner of cyberspace is the nub of the universe.
      • They may start as innocent little bits of plastic which can be left in a drawer at home, but they will soon become essential to allow us to go about our daily business and woe betide anyone who cannot produce one for inspection.
      • And if someone is incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves, woe betide another person who might make a wrong decision for them.
      • But there is an unnerving element to the intensity of his devotion to the cause, as if those teeth glint with a shark-like quality, and woe betide the person who gets in the way of that hurry.
      • Oh, yes, we thought it fair game to try and steal other people wood but woe betide anyone who tried to pilfer ours.
      • One angle is that theology is a tool of exclusion and division; that theology is used to define ‘our’ position, and woe betide all who disagree.
      • Why it betides me lovey-dovey ol’ soul in a land very hard
      • Woe betide the person who doesn't cut back their overhanging vegetation as it severely compromises the safety of tall pedestrians with hats who use a particular footpath to mass.
      • Armed with an exact list of what is to be bought, off we set, and woe betide the person who wanders in front of us as Mistress P beats a direct path to the chosen store.
      • From the date of its inception, the NHS was seen as a really British achievement, something to give pride to the entire population, and woe betide anyone with the temerity to suggest other.
      • He admitted doubt, saying after his sister's death: ‘Woe betide us if it all turns out to be an illusion.’
      • Woe betide, though, anyone who is foolhardy enough not to go through the process.
      • Rats, hundreds and hundreds of them, are everywhere at the Karni Mata Hindu temple in the Indian state of Rajasthan and woe betide anyone who takes fright and steps on one.
      • What is the individual man, with all the good or evil that may betide him, in comparison with the good or evil which may befall a great country, and in the midst of great transactions which concern that country's fate?
      • His thin frame and weak legs prevented him from taking an active part in games of football, tennis or cricket, but he made an exacting umpire, and woe betide the player who questioned his decisions.
      Synonyms
      happen to, be the fate of, be the lot of, overtake, be visited on

Origin

Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide 'befall', from Old English tīdan 'happen', from tīd (see tide).

  • woe from Old English:

    Many ancient languages, including Old English, Latin, and Greek, had woe or a similar word—a natural exclamation made by someone unhappy or in distress. The medieval word betide, meaning ‘to happen’, comes from the same source as tide, and these days is mainly found in the phrase woe betide, a light-hearted warning that a person will be in trouble if they do a particular thing.

Rhymes

abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide

Definition of betide in US English:

betide

verbbəˈtīdbəˈtaɪd
[no object]literary
  • 1Happen.

    〈诗/文〉发生

    I waited with beating heart, as yet not knowing what would betide

    我紧张地等待着,不知道会发生什么事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, I'm still scared, but woe betide if I dare admit it out loud.
    • Woe betide if you use flash during a performance - it's off-putting to other audience members and most of all, tot he performers.
    • Sister Madalena was headmistress and woe betide at Monday assembly if you hadn't been to Mass on Sunday.
    • If they go blitz-wacky against first-rate teams in the playoffs, woe may betide.
    • A terrific night for the young and young at heart Simon promised he'd be back to Carlow and judging by the wild celebrations of his Carlow fans - woe betide if he isn't!
    Synonyms
    happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, arise, chance
    1. 1.1with object Happen to (someone)
      发生在(某人)身上,降临于
      she was trembling with fear lest worse might betide her

      她吓得发抖,担心更糟的事情会降临到自己身上。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Woe betide the person who doesn't cut back their overhanging vegetation as it severely compromises the safety of tall pedestrians with hats who use a particular footpath to mass.
      • Oh, yes, we thought it fair game to try and steal other people wood but woe betide anyone who tried to pilfer ours.
      • He admitted doubt, saying after his sister's death: ‘Woe betide us if it all turns out to be an illusion.’
      • Woe betide the working man or woman who has the gall to turn up for an afternoon meeting with alcohol on the breath, even if it was from one quick half, even if it does help you through the pain barrier of an agonising, endless sales seminar.
      • Why it betides me lovey-dovey ol’ soul in a land very hard
      • Woe betide, though, anyone who is foolhardy enough not to go through the process.
      • One angle is that theology is a tool of exclusion and division; that theology is used to define ‘our’ position, and woe betide all who disagree.
      • Woe betide he who would hurt our loved ones, isn't that the way we all feel?
      • His thin frame and weak legs prevented him from taking an active part in games of football, tennis or cricket, but he made an exacting umpire, and woe betide the player who questioned his decisions.
      • They may start as innocent little bits of plastic which can be left in a drawer at home, but they will soon become essential to allow us to go about our daily business and woe betide anyone who cannot produce one for inspection.
      • Armed with an exact list of what is to be bought, off we set, and woe betide the person who wanders in front of us as Mistress P beats a direct path to the chosen store.
      • Rats, hundreds and hundreds of them, are everywhere at the Karni Mata Hindu temple in the Indian state of Rajasthan and woe betide anyone who takes fright and steps on one.
      • It wasn't just the Irish blogs that had their say - and woe betide he who thinks our little corner of cyberspace is the nub of the universe.
      • But there is an unnerving element to the intensity of his devotion to the cause, as if those teeth glint with a shark-like quality, and woe betide the person who gets in the way of that hurry.
      • What is the individual man, with all the good or evil that may betide him, in comparison with the good or evil which may befall a great country, and in the midst of great transactions which concern that country's fate?
      • Woes betide he who thinks himself invulnerable to this cakey onslaught.
      • Woe betide the mother who has been forced into to having a sense of humor about disciplining her child, for she will bear no more offspring, but maybe get a dog instead.
      • From the date of its inception, the NHS was seen as a really British achievement, something to give pride to the entire population, and woe betide anyone with the temerity to suggest other.
      • But woe betide the people when they have the effrontery to take a stand on higher principles.
      • And if someone is incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves, woe betide another person who might make a wrong decision for them.
      Synonyms
      happen to, be the fate of, be the lot of, overtake, be visited on

Origin

Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide ‘befall’, from Old English tīdan ‘happen’, from tīd (see tide).

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