英语词汇“lot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lot
释义	lot I. \ˈlät, usu -äd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlot; akin to Old High German luz share of land, Old Norse hlutr lot, share, hlautr, Gothic hlauts lot, Lithuanian kliudyti to cause to hook on, and perhaps to Latin claudere to close — more at close 1. : an object (as a piece of wood, pebble, die, straw) used as one of the counters in determining a question by the chance fall or choice of one or more of them — see sortilege 2. a. : the use of lots or an equivalent process (as counting off) as a means of deciding something < one was chosen by lot to represent the group > b. : the choice resulting from such process < the lot fell on the youngest member > 3. a. : something that comes to or happens to one upon whom a choice by lot has fallen : share, part, allotment < the will provided for equal lots for all the children > < you have neither part nor lot in this matter — Acts 8: 21 (Revised Standard Version) > b. : one's way of life or one's share of worldly reward or privation determined by chance, fate, or divine providence : fortune, destiny < the lot of man, to suffer and to die — Alexander Pope > < a policeman's lot is not a happy one — W.S.Gilbert > < one of those women who have always been resigned to the limitations of their lot — Nadine Gordimer > 4. obsolete : a customs fee : tax, duty 5. obsolete a. : a lottery prize b. : a prizewinning lottery ticket 6. a. : an allotment or portion of land set aside for a special purpose < each settler was awarded a lot > < pasture lot > < burial lot > < circus lot > < used-car lot > b. : a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey < farm cut up into house lots > < building lot > c. : a parcel of land in fact used for, intended for, or appropriated to a common purpose < manufacturing lot > < refuse lot > d. chiefly North : a small pasture e. chiefly South & Midland : cow pen, barnyard f. : parking lot g. : a motion-picture studio and its adjoining property 7. a. : a number of units of an article < stationery lot > or a parcel of articles offered as one item (as in an auction sale) b. : all the members of a present group, kind, or quantity — used with the < one more suitcase to carry out and that is the lot > < when you've seen one you've seen the lot > 8. a. : a number of associated persons : crew, set, crowd < got in with a hard-drinking poker-playing lot > < his wife's family were a queer and stubborn lot > < nothing but a lot of busybodies > < not an honest man in the lot > b. : kind, sort < stay away from him, he's a bad lot > < recruits were a sorry lot > 9. : a considerable quantity or number : great deal < lot of money > < lot of trouble > < there are lots of books on the subject > — often used adverbially with a < feels a lot better now > Synonyms: see fate II. verb (lotted ; lotted ; lotting ; lots) Etymology: Middle English lotten, from lot, n. *intransitive verb* : to cast or draw lots *transitive verb* 1. : to form or divide into lots < lot land > < lot fruit for market > — often used with out < lot out goods in parcels > 2. : allot, apportion 3. obsolete : to draw lots for • - lot on III. abbreviation lotion
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