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.
双语例句
1. There sugar - beet plantation areas were expanded to 176000 hectares.
他们的甜菜种植面积增加到176000公顷.
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2. They talked endlessly about beet and cattle feed.
他们就甜菜和牛饲料的话题谈个没完.
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3. My face is always as red as a beet when I come out of the sauna.
