| 单词 | parlay |
| 释义 | parlay /pahr"lay, -lee/ v.t. 1. to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc. 2. Informal. to use (one's money, talent, or other assets) to achieve a desired objective, as spectacular wealth or success: He parlayed a modest inheritance into a fortune. n. 3. a bet of an original sum and the subsequent winnings. [1820-30, Amer.; alter. of earlier paroli < F < Neapolitan It, pl. of parolo, perh. deriv. of paro equal < L par; see PAIR] |
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