单词 | lottery |
释义 | lotterylottery /ˈlɑt̮əri/ ●○○ noun (plural lotteries) 1[countable] a game used to make money for a state or a charity in which people buy tickets with numbers so that if their number is picked by chance they win money or a prize: a lottery ticket Well, if I win the lottery I’ll buy it for you.2[countable, uncountable] a system of choosing who will get something by choosing people’s names by chance: the NFL draft lottery The State Department issues 55,000 visas each year by lottery (=using a lottery system).3[singular] a situation in which what happens depends on chance: A baby’s sex is a genetic lottery. → drawing (3) |
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