Lot
[lɒt] or [lɑt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; 'he bought a lot on the lake'.
(noun.) (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction.
(verb.) divide into lots, as of land, for example.
錄入:凯思琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
(n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
(n.) The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
(n.) A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
(n.) A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
(n.) A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
(n.) A prize in a lottery.
(v. t.) To allot; to sort; to portion.
艾伦整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Destiny, doom, allotment, apportionment, fate.[2]. Chance, hazard, fortune, hap, haphazard.[3]. Portion, parcel, division.[4]. Piece or land.[5]. [Colloquial U. S.] Great quantity, great number.
校對:马里恩
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Chance, fortune, fate, hazard, ballot, doom
ANT:Law, provision, arrangement, disposal, design, purpose, plan, portion,allotment
比利校對
解釋/意思:
n. one's fate in the future: destiny: that which falls to any one as his fortune: that which decides by chance: a separate portion.—v.t. to allot: to separate into lots: to catalogue:—pr.p. lot′ting; pa.p. lot′ted.—Cast or Draw lots to determine an event by some arrangement of chances.
整理:奥蒂斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Miss Kate and Mr. Brooke, Meg, and Ned declined, but Fred, Sallie, Jo, and Laurie piled and drew, and the lot fell to Laurie. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It's a lot better than it was. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- We should accept our own lot, whatever it be, and try to render happy that of others. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- As to general reading, dear me, what a lot of it I do get through! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- You had better take a lot of forms away with you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I don't often show my feelings, I make it a principle to endure everything in silence; it's a wife's hard lot, and I bear it. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I poured in a beakerful of water, and the whole thing exploded and threw a lot of it into my eyes. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I think he must have lived among a lot of people who were very solemn, because I went out riding with him in the Bois de Boulogne and started in to tell him American stories. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Mrs. Shelby smiled as she saw a prostrate lot of chickens and ducks, over which Chloe stood, with a very grave face of consideration. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Does he talk a lot about classical times? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- To whose happy lot was it to fall? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- They buried their dead, often with ornaments, weapons, and food; they used a lot of colour in the burial, and evidently painted the body. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We may well say that 'our lot is cast in a goodly heritage. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I can tell 'ee lots about the married couple. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- There are such lots of horrors this morning, she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Once in the line, and there's lots of 'em plying to and fro, so the chances are we'd soon be picked up. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- We have lots of company for the Voyage, he thought. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I've always longed for lots of boys, and never had enough, now I can fill the house full and revel in the little dears to my heart's content. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- My brother had handed, from time to time, lots of these sheets to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She has lots of expensive knowledge, sir, political and otherwise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Lots of money--old girl--pompous doctor--not a bad idea--good fun,' were the intelligible sentences which issued from his lips. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I planned it, and she only gave in after lots of teasing. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I like him, Mamma, because he knows such lots of things; and he ain't like old Veal, who is always bragging and using such long words, don't you know? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Lots of food and liquor and pretty girls! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Missis has spilt lots dat ar way, said Dinah, coming uneasily to the drawers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The sand hills, some of them almost inaccessible to foot-passengers, were surveyed off and mapped into fifty vara lots--a vara being a Spanish yard. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
編輯:内尔达