| 单词 | to luck out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto luck out to luck out intransitive. Originally U.S. To succeed, prosper, or gain an advantage by good luck. Also transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune light?c1225 urec1440 to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574 to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723 to strike it rich1834 to strike oil1860 to luck out1902 to hit the jackpot1910 to bottom on (also upon) gold1926 to strike lucky1951 to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953 to land on one's feet1958 1902 Vicksburg (Miss.) Evening Post 17 July 4/2 At the protest of the Vicksburgers who were hoping against hope, he allowed the game to proceed, with the result that instead of Vicksburg lucking out, Baton Rouge scored another run. 1904 Washington Post 3 Sept. 8/3 Any sort of a hit looked good at this stage, and Manager Donovan lucked out a bunt to Patterson on which he got a scratch hit. 1911 Washington Post 10 Mar. 7 (heading) How He Lucked Out... The man who won the biggest parlay in history. 1934 Boys' Life Aug. 46/4 Joe..remembered that he hadn't shaken hands with his opponent, hurried back, told Tyson he had ‘lucked out’. 1959 Approach Apr. 25/3 ‘You sure almost had it that time,’ Jim said... ‘I sure did—talk about lucking out.’ 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May vi. 8/4 If you luck out, good. If not, you've still got your original bookings. 1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) ii. 22 Damned if I didn't luck out and get steered into a good job. 2005 D. Nicholls Understudy 165 Remember, Josh mate, you're nothing special, you don't deserve any of this, you just lucked out. < as lemmas |
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