betting
/ˈbetɪŋ/noun
mass noun
1- the action of gambling money on the outcome of a race, game, or other unpredictable event赌博。
1.1
- the odds offered by bookmakers for such events赛马赌注登记经纪人提供的投注赔率：
Atlantic Way headed the betting at 2-1.
大西洋赛马区的赌注居先, 赔率为1赔2。
短语
the betting is
- informal it is likely〈非正式〉很可能是：
the betting is that the company will slash the dividend.
公司很可能会大幅减发股息。
in（或out of）the betting
- likely (or unlikely) to be among the winners of a horse race and given appropriate odds赛马可能（或不可能）获胜并赢得赌注。
what's the betting？
- Brit. informal used to express a belief that something is likely〈英, 非正式〉相信有可能：
what's the betting he's up to no good?
他很可能在搞什么鬼名堂。