betty
n. 贝蒂（女子名）
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释义与例句
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1.
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
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A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.
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A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; (originally) an effeminate or gay man.
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A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
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A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.
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An attractive woman; a babe.
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To pick a lock, to open with a betty.
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To be overly attentive to someone or something.
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词源
From Betty (nickname for “Elizabeth”). In thieves’ cant a tool for wrenching locked doors is also called a Bess (from “Elizabeth”) or a Jenny. The “attractive woman” sense may relate to the character Betty Rubble in the cartoon The Flintstones.
来源：wiktionary