单词 | windfall |
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音标 | ['windfɔ:l] |
解释 | n. 风吹落的果实;意外的好运 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.风吹落的果实(fall en fruit);意外的好运( unexpected lucky event) |
字源 | windfall (n.) mid-15c., from wind (n.1) + fall (n.1). Originally literal, in reference to wood or fruit blown down by the wind, and thus free to all. Figurative sense of "unexpected acquisition" is recorded from 1540s. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】wind fall 风吹落的果实 |
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