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A jackpot is a large amount of money you can win in a game of chance — a lottery, a slot machine, a prize draw. If you hit the jackpot, you win that big prize. People also smile and stretch it: any sudden piece of great luck can be “hitting the jackpot,” even when no money changes hands.
A jackpot是 jackpot is你可以贏到的 a large amount of money一大筆錢 you can win in在 a game of chance機率遊戲裡贏到的 — a lottery樂透, a slot machine吃角子老虎, a prize draw抽獎。If you如果你 hit the jackpot中了jackpot, you你 win that big prize就贏得那筆大獎。People有人 also smile and stretch it也會開玩笑地把它延伸: any sudden piece of great luck任何突然降臨的大好運 can be都可以說是 “hitting the jackpot,”「中大獎」, even when即使 no money changes hands沒有錢易手。
Though actually, the tidy “lottery prize” meaning is later. The word is attested as jack-pot for a big prize in 1944, after a slot-machine sense (1932), and before that an old poker sense (1881): players kept adding money to the pot until someone had a pair of jacks or better, so the pile grew. Jack here is the playing card; pot is the money in the middle.
Though actually不過其實, the tidy整齊的 “lottery prize”「樂透獎金」 meaning這個意思 is later是比較晚才出現的。The word這個字 is attested as有紀錄寫成 jack-pot「jack-pot」 for a big prize指一大筆獎金 in 1944在1944年, after晚於 a slot-machine sense吃角子老虎的用法 (1932)(1932年), and而 before that在那之前 an old poker sense有一個古老的撲克牌用法 (1881)(1881年): players玩家 kept adding money不斷把錢加進 to the pot彩池裡 until直到 someone有人 had a pair of jacks or better湊到一對J或更好的牌, so所以 the pile grew那堆錢就越來越多。Jack這裡的jack here是 is the playing card撲克牌裡的那張牌; pot「pot」是 is the money in the middle放在中間的那筆錢。
Today most meet the lottery meaning first. The word is informal to neutral; casinos and ordinary news both use it.
Today今天 most learners大部分學習者 meet the lottery meaning first最先遇到的是樂透的意思。The word這個字 is informal to neutral介於口語和中性之間; casinos and ordinary news賭場和一般新聞 both use it都會用它。
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。
Jackpotname
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A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
jackpotnoun詞源 1/ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
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A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
- If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot is rolled over and added to the next week's jackpot; several weeks of rollovers can build up jackpots up to $350 million or more.
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A large cash prize or money.
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An unexpected windfall or reward.
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businessforestryA concentration of surface wood or fuel.
- a juniper jackpot
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A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
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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.
- As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.
jackpotverb詞源 1/ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
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Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
- I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.
- She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.
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To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
jackpotnoun詞源 2/ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
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A difficult situation.
- and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know you are in a jackpot so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know what that last expression means, but I heard a fellow use it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix.
- "I'm in a jackpot." Sympathy shone from those friendly eyes at once. "It's shore too bad for a lady to be in a jackpot," he answered me earnestly.
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A jumble of felled timber.
- It frequently happens that trees fall across one another, forming what is known as a jackpot. A number of trees may fall in a single jackpot. One of the tools with which appellant claims a bucker should be provided is an undercutter rigging. When trees are in a jackpot, the proper method of procedure is to first cut the lower tree, and then the upper one. This lessens the liability of an upper log rolling or falling upon the workman while he Is engaged in cutting the lower tree. The cut of the lower tree is ordinarily made by sawing it from the upper side, but, when its position produces a strain which pinches the saw, it is sawed from the under side by what is known as an undercut. To make an undercut, it is necessary to have some appliance to support the moving saw which is then operated teeth upward. The appliance which appellant contends Is ordinarily used is known as an undercutter rigging. Having no undercutter rigging, appellant requested respondent's foreman to provide one, complaining that his work in a jackpot of large trees without one was unsafe and dangerous.
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。