| 单词 | to luck upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto luck upon 4. intransitive. to luck upon: to find, come across, or obtain by good luck. Hence similarly to luck on, to luck into, etc. Now somewhat colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance or risk [verb (transitive)] > come upon by chance tumble1565 to fall with ——1646 pop1668 to luck upon1670 to run into ——1895 the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate > acquire by good fortune to luck upon1670 to luck on1917 to luck into1935 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 35 Whereas there be so many thousand words in the World, and that he should luck upon the right one. 1681 J. Oldham tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Some New Pieces never Publisht 30 When such a lewd incorrigible sot Lucks by meer chance upon some happy thought. 1712 W. Oldisworth tr. R. Bentley Note in Horace Odes II. i. vii. 27/1 The most Renowned Thomas Gale..has luckt upon another Interpretation. 1770 W. Warburton in A. Pope Wks. I. 231 Our Shakespear..some how or other, hath lucked upon a very exact description of the Father of Poetry. 1917 O. R. Cohen & J. U. Giesy Other Woman xviii. 225 I lucked on a page who told me he heard Caldwell gassing with Franklin. 1935 Washington Post 9 Apr. 2/1 The Cabinet job which he lucked into when Senator Thomas J. Wash..died. 1959 Virginia Law Rev. 45 1177 For every case in which lawyers lucked upon the ‘confidential informant’, there were a dozen or more where the informant was never located. 1979 New West 15 Jan. 85/2 Bumblers and two-time losers who lucked on to the crime of the century. 2010 E. Mundell All Hell broke Loose xxiv. 337 They had lucked in on the greatest oil deposit outside the United States. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 24 June (Sport section) 7 He looks like a man who can't believe that he somehow lucked into this job. < as lemmas |
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