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A fluke is something good that happens mostly by luck, not because someone was . “The goal was a fluke.” It is a little informal. You can also use it as a verb in sport: he fluked that shot — he did not mean to place it so well.
A fluke is something good一個fluke是好事 that happens mostly by luck大部分是運氣造成的, not because someone was skilful不是因為某人有技術. 'The goal was a fluke.'『那個進球是fluke。』 It is a little informal這個說法有點口語. You can also use it as a verb in sport你也可以在運動情境裡把它當動詞用: he fluked that shot他fluked了那一球 — he did not mean to place it so well他並不是故意打得那麼好.
It seems to have first meant a lucky shot at . After that the story splits: it might link to German Glück, “luck,” or to the two big parts of a whale's tail, also called flukes. Scholars do not agree, and the honest answer is that we do not know.
It seems to have first meant似乎最初的意思是 a lucky shot at billiards撞球裡一次幸運的一擊. After that the story splits在那之後說法就分岔了: it might link to可能跟 German Glück, 'luck,'德文的Glück，也就是「運氣」 有關, or to the two big parts of a whale's tail或者跟鯨魚尾巴的兩片大尾鰭有關, also called flukes這兩片尾鰭也叫flukes. Scholars do not agree學者們意見不一, and the honest answer is而誠實的答案是 that we do not know我們並不知道.
Same spelling, other meanings: a whale's tail, a kind of worm, the hook of an anchor. Those are not this sense.
Same spelling拼法相同, other meanings但意思不同: a whale's tail鯨魚的尾巴, a kind of worm一種寄生蟲, the hook of an anchor船錨的倒鉤. Those are not this sense這些都不是這裡講的意思.
組成Unknown, perhaps dialect. It seems to have first meant a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly tied to a whale's flukes, or possibly from German Glück (“luck”). None of these is certain.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Flukename
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A surname.
flukenoun詞源 1/fluːk/
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A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.
- “[…] That's the first time in the history of Bierce's Cove that two men made that jump on the same sea. And all the risk was yours, coming last.” “It was a fluke,” Billy insisted.
flukeverb詞源 1/fluːk/
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To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
- I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
- He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
flukenoun詞源 2/fluːk/
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A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
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A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).
- The man became infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
flukenoun詞源 3/fluːk/
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nauticaltransportAny of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- The honest, rough piece of iron, so simple in appearance, has more parts than the human body has limbs: the ring, the stock, the crown, the flukes, the palms, the shank. All this, according to the journalist, is “cast” when a ship arriving at an anchorage is brought up.
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Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- But though this sculpture is half man and half whale, so as only to give the tail of the latter, yet that small section of him is all wrong. It looks more like the tapering tail of an anaconda, than the broad palms of the true whale's majestic flukes.
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A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.
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In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
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Waste cotton.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。