| 单词 | dumb luck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdumb luck dumb luck n. originally and chiefly U.S. luck, esp. good luck, viewed as being even more unpredictable or arbitrary than usual; pure chance. ΚΠ 1865 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 31 Jan. Close to the lands of the Centre Oil Company there lives an old chap who is worth a mint. Ignorant, of course, dumb luck has made him rich. 1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 34 Good zoo pictures are to a great extent dumb luck. 1990 Village Voice (N.Y.) 30 Jan. 62/4 Bromberg finds himself..dismissing to dumb luck his [sc. McLaren's] very real genius for trend-spotting. 2014 Time 2 June 40/1 Then there's the matter of coping with dumb luck. In tennis it may be an umpire's bad call, a freak gust of wind. < as lemmas |
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