lot
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
lots of people think so
Đồng nghĩa: load, mass, pile
- 2.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: batch, collection, group, set
- 3.
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- 4.
(informal)A number of people taken collectively.
a sorry lot
a bad lot
you lot
Đồng nghĩa: crowd, gang, group
- 5.
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
a building lot in a city
Đồng nghĩa: allotment, parcel, plot
- 6.
That which happens without human design or forethought.
Đồng nghĩa: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd
- 7.
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
- 8.
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- 9.
A prize in a lottery.
Đồng nghĩa: prize
- 10.
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.
- 11.
(definite)(definite, the lot) 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.
- 12.
(historical)An 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.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dated, transitive)To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- 2.
(US, dated, informal)To count or reckon (on or upon).
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From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (portion, choice, decision), from *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.