bid

n. 出价
vt. 命令, 吩咐, 请求, 表示, 宣布, 投标
vi. 命令, 吩咐, 请求, 表示, 宣布, 投标
【经】 标价, 喊价, 出价; 投标
相关词组:
to bid fair to...
to bid in sth
to bid up
to make a bid for...
to bid farewell to sb

名词:bidder 动词过去式:bade,bid 过去分词:bidden,bid 现在分词:bidding 第三人称单数:bids 

bid

v.（动词）
bade[b2d, b3d] 或 bid bid.den[bd.n] 或 bid bid.ding,bids
v.tr.（及物动词）
To issue a command to; direct.See Synonyms at command
命令：给…发布命令；指示参见 command
To utter (a greeting or salutation).
致敬：表达（问候或致意）
To invite to attend; summon.
邀请：邀请参加；召唤
past tense and past participle bid Games To state one`s intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards):
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 【游戏】 叫牌：陈述要（某一花色或赢墩数目）的意愿：
例句：
bid four hearts.
叫四个红心

past tense and past participle bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 出价：提出或建议一个数量作为价格
past tense and past participle bid To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club:
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 成为会员：接受为某一团体或俱乐部的成员：
例句：
.glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted.(Louis Auchincloss)
.扫视四周以确认自己已被他需要的社会所接纳.(路易斯·奥金克洛斯)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
past tense and past participle bid To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price:
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 投标：出价或接受某一特定的价格：
例句：
decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
决定不投标那张顶盖可卷缩的写字台

past tense and past participle bid To seek to win or attain something; strive.
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 力求：企图得到或赢得某物；力求
n.（名词）


An offer or proposal of a price.
出价：提出或建议一个价格
The amount offered or proposed:
投标价：提出或建议的出价数目：
例句：
They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
他们因索价太高而失去了那张合同

An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
邀请加入团体：邀请，尤指被一团体或俱乐部接受为成员
Games
【游戏】
The act of bidding in cards.
叫牌：桥牌中的叫牌
The number of tricks or points declared.
点数：所叫的墩数或点数
The trump or no-trump declared.
王牌叫定，非王牌叫定
The turn of a player to bid.
轮流叫牌：轮到某牌手叫牌
An earnest effort to win or attain something:
努力争取：要赢得或得到某东西的热切努力：
例句：
made a bid for the presidency.
企图当选总统


<常用词组>bid in
To outbid on one`s own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
出高价：在拍卖中为自己的财产定出高价以抬高最终售价
bid up
To increase the amount bid:
哄抬：抬高出价数：
例句：
bid up the price of wheat.
哄抬小麦价格

<习惯用语>bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
对抗：拒绝服从；抗拒…
bid fair
To appear likely.
似乎，可能
来源：
Middle English bidden [to ask, command] from Old English biddan * see g whedh-
中古英语 bidden [要求，命令] 源自 古英语 biddan *参见 g whedh-
Middle English beden [to offer, proclaim] from Old English bôodan * see bheudh-
中古英语 beden [给，宣布] 源自 古英语 bôodan *参见 bheudh-

【引伸】
bid.der
n.（名词）