| 单词 | fruit machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfruit machine fruit machine n. a coin- or token-operated gaming machine which pays out according to the combination of symbols (often representations of fruit) appearing on the edges of wheels spun by the operation of a lever; also transferred in various slang uses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gambling machines gambling machine?1790 poker machine1899 fruit machine1933 one-armed bandit1936 one-arm bandit1937 pokie1965 1933 Times 7 Apr. 4/2 Committed to trial..on a charge of receiving 20 automatic ‘fruit’ machines..knowing them to be stolen. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 33 Fruit machine, an anti-aircraft predictor. 1957 Economist 30 Nov. 781/2 Permission to install the minor gambling devices known as ‘fruit machines’..is by county option. 1959 G. Jenkins Twist of Sand vii. 110 The ‘fruit machine’ fed by information from two officers, gave the course and speed of the warships. 1965 Listener 2 Sept. 342/3 There are three juke boxes; pin tables; fruit machines. < as lemmas |
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