| 单词 | jackpot |
| 释义 | jackpot (dʒækpɒt ) Word forms: jackpots 1. countable noun [usually singular] A jackpot is the most valuable prize in a game or lottery, especially when the game involves increasing the value of the prize until someone wins it. A nurse won the £5 million jackpot. Synonyms: prize, winnings, award, pool 2. hit the jackpot phrase If you hit the jackpot, you have a great success, for example by winning a lot of money or having a piece of good luck. [informal] Synonyms: strike it lucky, clean up [informal], hit the big time [informal], strike it rich [informal] Idioms: hit the jackpot to suddenly be very successful and earn a lot of money The National Theatre hit the jackpot with its first musical, Guys And Dolls. to suddenly succeed in getting or finding something that you have been trying to get or find I went through all the people called Lasalles in the Sydney phone book until I hit the jackpot. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: lottery jackpot A retired lorry driver almost missed out on a £1 million lottery jackpot after he named the wrong shop in which he had bought the ticket. Times,Sunday Times That's about the chances of winning a $20m lottery jackpot - twice in succession. Times, Sunday Times It's like giving the lottery jackpot to someone who didn't buy a ticket. The Sun He repeatedly made inspired choices — often ignoring conventional wisdom — on his way to a prize worth three times last night's 11.3m double-rollover lottery jackpot. Times, Sunday Times A couple who won 148 million in a lottery jackpot are divorcing a little more than a year after the win that left them multimillionaires. Times, Sunday Times And yet will it stop anyone lashing money they can't afford, hoping to win that jackpot? Times, Sunday Times Did you win the jackpot or know someone who did? The Sun If no one gets all six numbers then five and the bonus should win the jackpot. The Sun You are also significantly less likely to win the jackpot. Times, Sunday Times Incredibly, he still buys lotto tickets each week and tells anyone who will listen that he would love to win the jackpot again, 'just to p*** people off'. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 头奖 Japanese: 多額の賞金 |
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