Lottery



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 彩票, 抽彩给奖法
• ［英］ n. 彩票, 抽彩给奖法 ( a game of chance)
• ［记］ 来自意大利文lotto, 指一种抽数码的赌戏
• ［例］ He has won a car in the lottery. Marriage is a lottery. ( 婚姻全靠缘分)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -teries)

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle French loterie, from Middle Dutch, from lot lot; akin to Old English hlot lot
• Date: 1567
• 1.
  • a. a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
  • b. a drawing of lots used to decide something
• 2. an event or affair whose outcome is or seems to be determined by chance

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