luck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /lʌk/|[lɐk]    美 /lʌk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence. uncountable,usually
    — The raffle is just a matter of luck.
  2. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.; A favourable chance occurrence. especially,uncountable,usually
    — Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
  3. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. uncountable,usually
    — He blew on the dice for luck.
  4. Success. uncountable,usually
    — I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
  5. The results of a random number generator. uncountable,usually
    — The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.
动词 v.
  1. To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon. informal,intransitive
    — I lucked upon a seat, settled in, nodded off and 20 minutes later heard my name being called by the admitting nurse.

词形变化

lucks plural lucks present,singular,third-person lucking participle,present lucked participle,past lucked past

词汇关系

近义词
adventure accident casualty chance chance-medley fortune hap hazard joss luck serendipity weird
上位词
occurrence
下位词
bad luck good luck
衍生词
as luck may have it as luck would have it bad luck beginner's luck be in luck best of British luck best of luck better luck next time break luck chuck-a-luck devil's luck down on one's luck down upon one's luck dumb luck fisherman's luck good luck hard luck hard-luck hard-luck story here's luck ill luck ill-luck just my luck lady luck luck ball luckbox luck dragon lucker luckful luckless luckling luck of the devil luck of the draw luck of the Irish luck out luck penny lucksome lucky lucky break make one's own luck misluck no such luck one for luck out of luck piece of luck pot-luck potluck pot luck press one's luck push one's luck ride one's luck shit luck shit out of luck someone's luck is in some people have all the luck streak of good luck stroke of luck throw one's luck in with tough luck try one's luck unluck with any luck worse luck
相关词
lucky unlucky

词源

词源 1
From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke (“luck, happiness”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke (“luck, happiness”), Swedish lycka (“luck, happiness”), Icelandic lukka (“happiness”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.
A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk.
Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.
Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.
词源 2
From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke (“luck, happiness”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke (“luck, happiness”), Swedish lycka (“luck, happiness”), Icelandic lukka (“happiness”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.
A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk.
Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.
Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.
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