jackpot

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n. 最大赌注, (彩票的)头奖, 最大成功, 意外的成功/奖赏, 困境

发音

其它 /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/

词形变化

jackpots 复数 jackpots 三单 jackpotted jackpotting jackpotting 现在分词 jackpotted 过去式 jackpotted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

    头彩

    头奖

  2. 2.

    A large cash prize or money.

    头彩

    头奖

  3. 3.

    An unexpected windfall or reward.

  4. 4.

    A concentration of surface wood or fuel.

    商务

    a juniper jackpot

  5. 5.

    A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.

  6. 1.

    A difficult situation.

    美国
  7. 2.

    A jumble of felled timber.

v.
  1. 1.

    Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.

    及物
name
  1. 1.

    A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.

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词源

Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.

来源:wiktionary