Raffle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 尤指为公益事业举办的) 对奖售物 ( 活动)
• ［英］ n. ( 尤指为公益事业举办的) 对奖售物 ( 活动) ( lottery)
• ［类］ lottery : raffle / ticket : admission ( 抽彩是一种对奖活动 / 门票是一种通行允许)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (raffled; raffling)

• Date: circa 1680
• intransitive verb
  • to engage in a raffle
• transitive verb
  • to dispose of by means of a raffle <raffle off a turkey>

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English rafle, a dice game, from Middle French, dice game in which all the stakes can be won in a throw, literally, rake for a fire, from Middle High German raffel rake for a fire, from raffen to snatch, gather
• Date: 1766
• a lottery in which the prize is won by one of numerous persons buying chances

III. noun

• Etymology: probably from French rafle act of snatching, sweeping, from Middle French, rake for a fire
• Date: 1881
• rubbish; especially a jumble or tangle of nautical equipment

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