—see
also ginger beer, guest beer, keg beer, root
BEER, SMALL BEER
beer belly (also 'beer gut) noun [informal) a man's very fat stomach,
caused by drinking a lot of beer over a long period 啤酒肚
beer
cellar noun 1 a room for storing beer
below a pub or bar (酒馆的）酒窖 2 af ’pub or bar
which is underground or partly underground (半）地下酒馆
beer
garden noun an outdoor area at a pub
or bar with tables and chairs啤酒花园（酒馆的露天摊位）
beer
mat noun
\Br£) a
small piece of cardboard that you put under a glass, usually in a bar, etc. in
order to protect the surface below 啤酒杯垫子 beery /'biari; NAmE 'biri/ adj.
smelling of beer; influenced by the drinking of beer 啤酒味的；喝啤酒所
致的
bees-wax
/'biizwaeks/
noun [U] a yellow sticky substance that is produced by bees and is used especially for making candles and polish for wood 蜂蜡；黄蜡
beet
/bi:t/ noun [C, U] 1 a plant with a root that is used as
a vegetable, especially for feeding animals or making sugar St 菜；糖萝卜一see also sugar
beet 2 (NAm^) = BEETROOT bee*tle /'bi:tl/ noun, verb
麵/)〇wn 1 an insect, often large
and black, with a hard case on its back, covering its wings. There are several
types of beetle.甲虫一see also death-watch beetle —picture 〇> page R29 2 Beetle™ {NAmE also bug) the English name for the original
Volkswagen small car with a round shape at the front and the back “甲壳虫”
小汽车（一款大众牌小汽车的英语名）
mverb [V +adv./prep.]
[BrE, informal) to move somewhere quickly 快速移动 PW71 scurry： I last saw him beetling down the road•我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。
beet-root
/'bi:tru:t/
(Br£) {NAmE beet) noun [U, C] a plant with a round dark red root
that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable 甜菜根；甜菜一picture o page
R19 be-fall /bi'foil/ verb (be-fell /bi'fel/, be-fallen /bi'foilan/) [VN] (used
only in the third person 仅用于结三人被 ("Yera〇/) (of sth unpleasant 令人不快的專）to happen to sb降临到（某人）头上；发生在（某人）身上：TTiey were unaware 0/
the
/ate that was to be/aH them.他们弁 不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。
befit /bi'fit/ verb (-tt-) [VN] (used only in the
third person and in participles 仅角于条三X称釦分词）to be suitable and good enough for sb/sth 适合；对…士目称：
It was a lavish reception as befitted a visitor of her static这场铺张的招待可算得正适合她这种身份的来访
者。◊ He Zived in the sfyZe be/itting a
gentZeman.他过的 是一种与绅士相称的生活。
befog /bi'fog; NAmE -fo:g; -fa:g/ verb
[VN] to make sb confused 使迷惑；使困惑：Her brain was be/ogged by
facfc o/s〖eep.她因缺乏睡眠而头脑昏沉。
be-fore
〇T» /bi'fo:(r)/ prep.,
conj., adv. pre/7. 1 earlier than sb/sth 在…d 前：be/ore