fortune

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈfɔː(ˌ)t͡ʃuːn/|[ˈfɔː(ˌ)t͡ʃʊu̯n]|/ˈfoː(ˌ)t͡ʃʉwn/    /ˈfoɹt͡ʃən/ [-t͡ʃʰən ~ -t͡ʃʰn̩]|/ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Destiny, especially favorable. countable,uncountable
    — She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
  2. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. countable,uncountable
  3. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. countable,uncountable
  4. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident. countable,uncountable
    — 'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.
  5. Good luck. countable,uncountable
    — fame and fortune
  6. One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast. countable,uncountable
    — He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.
  7. A large amount of money. countable,uncountable
    — That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
动词 v.
  1. To provide (someone) with a fortune. transitive
  2. To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage. transitive
  3. To happen, to take place. intransitive,obsolete
    — Thẽ the heerdmẽ⸝ fleed and went there ways into the cite⸝ and tolde every thinge⸝ and what had fortuned vnto them that were poſſeſſed of the devyls.

词形变化

fortunes plural fortunes present,singular,third-person fortuning participle,present fortuned participle,past fortuned past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
词源 2
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
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