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单词 odds-on
释义

odds-on

See also: odds on

English

Adjective

odds-on (comparative more odds-on, superlative most odds-on)

  1. Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
  2. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
    • 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London):
      The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.
  3. (colloquial) Very likely.
    • 1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385:
      Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.

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