| 英语单词 | fluke |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [fluːk] 美 [fluːk] |
| 中文释义 | n.侥幸;偶然的机会;锚爪;比目鱼;吸虫;鲸的尾片 |
| 英语例句 | (1) His failure in history examination was a mere fluke. (2) She is not usually good at tennis, and that winning stroke was a fluke. (3) She was lucky enough to get the job by a fluke. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他历史考试没能及格纯属偶然。 (2) 她平时网球打得并不好,那取胜的一击不过是侥幸而已。 (3) 她实在是够幸运的,能在偶然中得到那份工作。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A fluke is an unexpected stroke of good luck. It was a fluke to find that fifty dollar bill on the ground, and it made you smile for the rest of the day. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word fluke was first used in 1857 in reference to a lucky shot at billiards. If something good happens to you by chance when you're not expecting it, that's a fluke. The word fluke can also be used in a negative or insulting way. For example, if your favorite sports team loses an important game, you could complain that it was just a fluke that the other team won — meaning they didn't deserve to win and somehow got lucky. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]侥幸;意外;偶然 If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged. [usu sing] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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