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windfall n.风吹落的果实；意外的收获；侥幸所得 (1) 风暴过後，她从苹果园地上拣了满满一篮子苹果。(2) 他把那笔意外的收入用於偿付抵押。(3) 此类侥幸所得终将减少。 First used in the fifteenth century, the word windfall originally referred to fruit that the wind blew from the trees. Like a prize was there for whomever found it — no need for the ladder and effort of picking it from the tall trees. The word eventually came to mean any unexpected and easily-gained good fortune, typically one involving money, such as the windfall profit from a lucky stock purchase.

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英 ['wɪndfɔːl] 美 ['wɪndfɔːl] (1) After the storm she gather a basketful of windfall in the apple orchard.(2) He applied the windfall to payment of his mortgage.(3) This windfall will eventually dwindle. Lucky you! You just won the lottery and your windfall will make life very comfortable for you and your family. A windfall is a crazy bit of unexpected good fortune. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]意外之财；横财 A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果） A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.

英语单词	windfall
英美音标	英 ['wɪndfɔːl] 美 ['wɪndfɔːl]
中文释义	n.风吹落的果实；意外的收获；侥幸所得
英语例句	(1) After the storm she gather a basketful of windfall in the apple orchard. (2) He applied the windfall to payment of his mortgage. (3) This windfall will eventually dwindle.
中文例句	(1) 风暴过後，她从苹果园地上拣了满满一篮子苹果。 (2) 他把那笔意外的收入用於偿付抵押。 (3) 此类侥幸所得终将减少。
vocabulary简明	Lucky you! You just won the lottery and your windfall will make life very comfortable for you and your family. A windfall is a crazy bit of unexpected good fortune.
vocabulary扩展	First used in the fifteenth century, the word windfall originally referred to fruit that the wind blew from the trees. Like a prize was there for whomever found it — no need for the ladder and effort of picking it from the tall trees. The word eventually came to mean any unexpected and easily-gained good fortune, typically one involving money, such as the windfall profit from a lucky stock purchase.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]意外之财；横财 A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果） A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.

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