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You can think of the oldest 'lot' as a small marked token you draw to let chance decide — the slip of paper or you pick out of a hat. The token you drew was your 'lot': the share, the piece, the portion that fell to you. From that one idea — a portion that falls to you by drawing — grow both the 'a portion of land' senses and, surprisingly, the everyday 'a lot = a large portion = very much' sense.
可以想成最古老的 lot 是一張你抽出來、讓運氣決定的小籤——從帽子裡抓出的紙條或小石子。你抽中的那一份就是你的 l…更多收起
可以想成最古老的 lot 是一張你抽出來、讓運氣決定的小籤——從帽子裡抓出的紙條或小石子。你抽中的那一份就是你的 lot:分到你頭上的那一份、那一塊。從「抽籤決定、分到一份」這個畫面,既長出了「一塊地」這些意思,也意外地長出了日常的「a lot = 一大份 = 很多」。原始詞典資料18 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。
Lotname詞源 1/lɒt/
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biblicallifestylereligionA nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
- And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
Lotname詞源 2/lɒt/
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A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46).
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A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne.
lotnoun/lɒt/
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A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
- lots of people think so
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A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- a lot of stationery
- The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
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One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- This is an important lot. Very sorry, but we can't go on with the selling until we know more where we are.
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informalA number of people taken collectively.
- a sorry lot
- a bad lot
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A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- a building lot in a city
- The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
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That which happens without human design or forethought.
- But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
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Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- to cast lots
- to draw lots
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The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
- He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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A prize in a lottery.
- In the lottery[…] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
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Allotment; lottery.
- Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
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All members of a set; everything.
- The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
- If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
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historicalAn old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
lotverb/lɒt/
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datedTo allot; to sort; to apportion.
- Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
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datedinformalTo count or reckon (on or upon).
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。