哪位大侠能给我详细讲一下关于英语单词bid 的用法?

哪位大侠能给我详细讲一下关于英语单词bid 的用法?
看新闻的时候常遇到这个词,而且每次见到这个词就很难看懂那句话的意思.查看词典也没收获,还是看不懂,

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/ bId; bId/ v (-dd-; pt,pp bid ; in sense 3,pt usu 用於下述第3义时过去式通常作 bade / bd; bæd/,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 （购物时）出价; （尤指拍卖时）喊价:What am I bid (for this painting)?（这幅画）给我个价,诸位愿意出多少钱?* She bid 500 (for the painting).她喊价500英镑（买这幅画）.* We had hoped to get the house but another couple was bidding against us,ie repeatedly offering a higher price than us.我们原希望买下这所房子,但另一对夫妇不断抬价与我们竞买.(b) offer (a price) for doing work,providing a service,etc 投标:Several firms have bid for the contract to build the new concert hall.有几家公司投标,争取建造新音乐厅的合同.
[I,Tn] (in card-games,esp bridge) make a bid2(4) （纸牌戏中,尤指桥牌）叫（牌）:bid two hearts 叫2红桃.
(arch or fml 古或文) (a) [Dn.t] order (sb); tell 吩咐（某人）; 告诉:Do as you are bidden.按照吩咐你的去做.* She bade me (to) come in.她叫我进来.(b) [Dn.pr,Dn.t] invite (sb) 邀请（某人）:guests bidden to (attend) the feast 应邀赴宴的宾客.(c) [no passive 不用於被动语态:Dn.n,Dn.pr] sth to sb say sth as a greeting,etc 说（问候、 打招呼等的话）:bid sb good morning 向某人道早安 * He bade farewell (ie said goodbye) to his sweetheart.他向他的情人告别.
(idm 习语) bid fair to do sth (arch or rhet 古或修辞) seem likely to do sth 有做某事的可能:The plan for a new hospital bids fair to succeed.兴建新医院的计划有希望成功.
> biddable adj ready to obey; docile 听话的; 温顺的.
bidder n person or group that bids at an auction （拍卖时的）喊价者:The house went to the highest bidder,ie the person who offered the most money.房子卖给了出价最高的人.
bidding n [U]
1 (fml 文) order; command 吩咐; 命令:do sb's bidding,ie obey sb 服从 * At his father's bidding he wrote to his lawyer.他遵照父亲的吩咐给律师写信.
2 offering of prices at an auction （拍卖时的）竞买,喊价,出价:Bidding was brisk,ie Many offers were made one after the other.出价很踊跃（一个接一个地竞相喊价）.
3 (in card-games) process of bidding (bid1 2) （纸牌戏中）叫牌:Can you remind me of the bidding (ie who bid what)?请再说一次谁叫了什麽牌.
bid2
/ bId; bId/ n
price offered in order to buy sth,esp at an auction （为购某物的）出价（尤指拍卖时）:make a bid of 50 for a painting 为一幅画出价50英镑 * Any higher/further bids?还有出更高价的吗?
(esp US) = tender3.
effort to do,obtain,achieve,etc sth; attempt （做、 获得、 实现...某事物的）努力; 企图:He failed in his bid to reach the summit.他攀登顶峰未能成功.* make a bid for power/popular support 争取权力[大众的支持].
statement of the number of tricks a player proposes to win in a card-game （打桥牌时牌手对欲赢墩数的）叫牌:`It's your bid next.' `No bid.' ‘轮到你叫牌了.’‘我不叫.’