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To parlay something is to take what you already have — money, a small win, a skill, a chance — and use it so it grows into something bigger. The old, strict sense comes from betting: you leave your winnings on the table and bet them again, hoping the pile gets larger. People still use it that way in sports betting.
To parlay something是指 take what you already have把你已經擁有的東西——money錢、a small win一個小小的勝利、a skill一項技能、a chance或一個機會——拿來 and use it so it grows into something bigger運用它，讓它變成更大的成果。The old, strict sense這個字最早、最嚴格的意思 comes from betting來自賭博：you leave your winnings on the table你把贏來的錢留在桌上 and bet them again再拿去下注一次，hoping the pile gets larger希望那堆錢能變得更大。People still use it that way人們在 in sports betting運動博彩裡還是這樣用它。
In everyday English, especially American English, it has stretched: you parlay a summer job into a career, or parlay one good film into a whole career. The noun (a parlay) came from that verb.
In everyday English在日常英語裡，especially American English尤其是美式英語，it has stretched這個字的用法擴大了：you parlay a summer job into a career你可以把一份暑期工作parlay成一份職業生涯，or parlay one good film into a whole career或把一部好電影parlay成整個演藝生涯。The noun a parlay名詞a parlay came from that verb就是從這個動詞來的。
It is a bit of a newspaper and business word, not a playground word. Though actually, it is not the same as parley, which is a talk, often with an enemy, to try to make peace.
It它是 a bit of a newspaper and business word有點像新聞和商業用語，not a playground word而不是小孩子玩的用語。Though actually不過事實上，it it is not the same as parley它跟parley不一樣，which is a talk後者是指一種對話，often with an enemy常常是跟敵方，to try to make peace為了試著談和。
組成Does not split in a way English speakers can see. The verb comes from paroli, an old card-game term for a cumulative bet (you double the stake). Paroli is from French paroli (“double stake”), from Italian paroli, the plural of parolo, from parare (“to protect, to prepare”), from Latin parāre / parō (“to arrange, prepare; to furnish”), from an old root *per- (“to go through; to carry forth”). It was possibly reshaped a little under the influence of French parler (“to speak”), but that is only a possibly. The noun comes from the verb.
原始詞典資料5 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。
parlayverb/ˈpɑːleɪ/
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gamblinggamesTo carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
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To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner.
- Shall we parlay the value of our products?
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To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.
- They believe that if [Roy] Harris can maintain his standing among the leading heavyweights, they can parlay this rating with Texas enthusiasm and oil money into enticing Floyd Patterson into coming down and defending his heavyweight title against Roy.
- K[avalam] M[adhava] Panikkar's concept of Indian Ocean regional security, the Indian-inspired Colombo Plan, [Jawaharlal] Nehru's architectonic role in the creation of the Nasser–Nehru–Tito neutralist axis and the Bandung gambit of legitimizing China's entry into the constraints of the comity of nations were efforts to parlay general Indian weakness into strength, its positions of regional strength into hegemony, and resultant regional hegemony into parity with China in a peace of peers.
parlaynoun/ˈpɑːleɪ/
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gamblinggamesA bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.
- GARNETT. (Sharply.) Would someone mind telling a visitor the details of this Operation Snitch? / DENNIS. Kind of a three-horse-parlay, Cliff: Posenleben, Schweinhafen … (Eyes Prescott and Jenks.) And one other.
- They heard the placing of bets of $1, $2 and $3 and $5 "round robin parlays" on horses with names such as Ham Bone, Little Colleen, Miss Ellaneous, Fighting Thru, Papa Charlie, Dandy Foot, William Tell, Knot Hole, Betsy Marie, Poocha and Under the Rug.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。