wheel of fortune

短语

发音

/ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/
/ˌʍiːl-/
US /ˌwil‿əv ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/
US /-t͡ʃən/
US /ˌʍil-/

词形变化

wheels of fortune 复数 wheels of fortune

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally to determine, by its stopping position, whether a gambler will receive one of the prizes marked around its circumference.

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name
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Wheel of Fortune (“the mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable”).

词源

From Wheel of Fortune, referring to the spinning of the Roman goddess Fortuna’s wheel which determined people’s fortunes.

来源：wiktionary