Fluke



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.侥幸, 偶然的机会
• ［英］ n.侥幸, 偶然的机会 ( a result brought about by accident)
• ［类］ 反义词: expected occurrence ( 预料中的事)
• ［记］ 和flake ( 雪片) 一起记
• ［例］ He passed his examination by a fluke.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English floke, fluke, from Old English flōc; akin to Old English flōh chip, Old High German flah smooth, Greek plax flat surface, and probably to Old English flōr floor — more at floor
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. flatfish
• 2. a flattened digenetic trematode worm; broadly trematode — compare liver fluke

II. noun

• Etymology: perhaps from ［sup］1［/sup］fluke
• Date: 1561
• 1. the part of an anchor that fastens in the ground — see anchor illustration
• 2. one of the lobes of a whale's tail

III. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1857
• 1. an accidentally successful stroke at billiards or pool
• 2. a stroke of luck <the discovery was a fluke>

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