| 单词 | by a fluke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby a fluke In Billiards, A successful stroke made by accident or chance. Hence gen. a lucky stroke, an unexpected success; a piece of good luck, esp. in phrase by a fluke. Also attributive. a fluke of wind: a chance breeze. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > success by luck fluke1857 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1857 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 4 208/1 In playing at billiards..Another term is, ‘He made a flook (or fluke)’. 1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe v That was rather a fluke, was it not? 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead I. i. vi. 234 The most unexpected fluke at trente et quarante. 1882 A. Bain James Mill 194 The transfer of power has gone on..by flukes and leaps in the dark. 1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn x Whose run~away horse he had stopped..by the merest fluke. 1906 ‘Q’ Mayor of Troy x. 139 The mass huddled together, rubbing flanks, swaying this way and that in the pressure of panic as corn is swayed by flukes of summer wind. 1909 Daily Chron. 12 Oct. 8/1 It was no fluke victory. 1955 Times 3 Aug. 4/5 Because of the calms and flukes of wind yesterday numbers of vessels retired from their respective events. < as lemmas |
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