/ bId; bId/ v (-dd-; pt, pp bid ; in sense 3, pt usu 用於下述第3義時過去式通常作 bade / bd; b?d/, pp bidden / ˋbIdn; ˋbIdn/)
[I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (sth) (for sth); esp US ~ (sth) (on sth) (a) offer (a price) in order to buy sth, esp at an auction （購物時）出價; （尤指拍賣時）喊價: What am I bid (for this painting)? （這幅畫）給我個價, 諸位願意出多少錢? * She bid 500 (for the painting). 她喊價500英鎊（買這幅畫）. * We had hoped to get the house but another couple was bidding against us, ie repeatedly offering a higher price than us. 我們原希望買下這所房子, 但另壹對夫婦不斷擡價與我們競買. (b) offer (a price) for doing work, providing a service, etc 投標: Several firms have bid for the contract to build the new concert hall. 有幾家公司投標, 爭取建造新音樂廳的合同.
[I, Tn] (in card-games, esp bridge) make a bid2(4) （紙牌戲中, 尤指橋牌）叫（牌）: bid two hearts 叫2紅桃.
(arch or fml 古或文) (a) [Dn.t] order (sb); tell 吩咐（某人）; 告訴: Do as you are bidden. 按照吩咐妳的去做. * She bade me (to) come in. 她叫我進來. (b) [Dn.pr, Dn.t] invite (sb) 邀請（某人）: guests bidden to (attend) the feast 應邀赴宴的賓客. (c) [no passive 不用於被動語態: Dn.n, Dn.pr] ~ sth to sb say sth as a greeting, etc 說（問候、 打招呼等的話）: bid sb good morning 向某人道早安 * He bade farewell (ie said goodbye) to his sweetheart. 他向他的情人告別.
(idm 習語) bid fair to do sth (arch or rhet 古或修辭) seem likely to do sth 有做某事的可能: The plan for a new hospital bids fair to succeed. 興建新醫院的計劃有希望成功.
> biddable adj ready to obey; docile 聽話的; 溫順的.
bidder n person or group that bids at an auction （拍賣時的）喊價者: The house went to the highest bidder, ie the person who offered the most money. 房子賣給了出價最高的人.
bidding n [U]
1 (fml 文) order; command 吩咐; 命令: do sb's bidding, ie obey sb 服從 * At his father's bidding he wrote to his lawyer. 他遵照父親的吩咐給律師寫信.
2 offering of prices at an auction （拍賣時的）競買, 喊價, 出價: Bidding was brisk, ie Many offers were made one after the other. 出價很踴躍（壹個接壹個地競相喊價）.
3 (in card-games) process of bidding (bid1 2) （紙牌戲中）叫牌: Can you remind me of the bidding (ie who bid what)? 請再說壹次誰叫了什麼牌.
bid2
/ bId; bId/ n
price offered in order to buy sth, esp at an auction （為購某物的）出價（尤指拍賣時）: make a bid of 50 for a painting 為壹幅畫出價50英鎊 * Any higher/further bids? 還有出更高價的嗎?
(esp US) = tender3.
effort to do, obtain, achieve, etc sth; attempt （做、 獲得、 實現...某事物的）努力; 企圖: He failed in his bid to reach the summit. 他攀登頂峰未能成功. * make a bid for power/popular support 爭取權力[大眾的支持].
statement of the number of tricks a player proposes to win in a card-game （打橋牌時牌手對欲贏墩數的）叫牌: `It's your bid next.' `No bid.' ‘輪到妳叫牌了.’‘我不叫.’