lot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /lɒt/    美 /lɑt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
    — win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
  2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
    — a lot of stationery
  3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
    — This is an important lot. Very sorry, but we can't go on with the selling until we know more where we are.
  4. A number of people taken collectively. informal
    — a sorry lot
  5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
    — a building lot in a city
  6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
    — But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
  7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
    — to cast lots
  8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
    — O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
  9. A prize in a lottery.
    — In the lottery[…] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
  10. Allotment; lottery.
    — Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
  11. All members of a set; everything. definite
    — The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
  12. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound. historical
动词 v.
  1. To allot; to sort; to apportion. dated,transitive
    — Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
  2. To count or reckon (on or upon). US,dated,informal

词形变化

lots plural lots present,singular,third-person lotting participle,present lotted participle,past lotted past

词汇关系

近义词
abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload buttload cartload crapflood crapload deal fuckload fuckton fuckwad gob great deal hantle heap hecatomb helluvalot horseload lashings load lot mampus many mass metric fuckton metric shitload mickle mountain muckle multiplicity multitude pile ream shedload shitflood shitful shitload shitton sight slew spadeloads sum superflux ton trainload truckload tun vaultful wagonload
反义词
modicum
上位词
quantity
下位词
a thing or two buckets bunch bundle cloud dozens gallon horde host legion megabucks mint motherload myriad oodles scads scores sheets zillion
衍生词
across lots all over the lot a lot a lot of bit backlot bad lot board lot car lot carlot cast in one's lot with cast one's lot with cell phone lot cellphone lot cowlot crook in the lot cross lots distribution lot do a lot of work draw lots drop lot ever such a lot fall to someone's lot fat lot fat lot of good feedlot flag lot glass parking lot have a lot of time have a lot of time for helluvalot home lot interlot it takes a lot of living to make a house a home job lot leave a lot to be desired lot-cloth split lotful lotholder lotless lot lizard lot mead lot number lottery microlot multilot odd lot parking lot playlot round lot sandlot scot and lot seedlot sidelot sublot tax lot thanks a lot that's your lot throw in one's lot with tick a lot of boxes tot lot vacant lot water lot wood lot you lot
相关词
a damn sight manifold

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
词源 2
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
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