betel
发音
How to pronounce betel in British English:
英 [ˈbi:tl]
How to pronounce betel in American English:
美 [ˈbitl]
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- Noun:
- Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
单词词源
- betel (n.)
- 1550s, probably via Portuguese betel, from Malayalam vettila, from veru ila "simple leaf."
双语例句
- 1. Betel quid and oral cancer prevention research task force .
- 2. The doctor wrote betel in his prescription .
- 3. Chewing betel nut increases your saliva .
- 4. Betel nut has a narcotic effect .
- 5. The mainly christian papuans sit on the pavements outside selling betel nuts and fruit .