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cast lots

/lot/US // lɒt //UK // (lɒt) //

抽签,抓阄,阄,阄儿

Related Words

piece一块,一片,一件,块area地区,区域,面积,区field领域,场,领域的,领域内portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间property财产,属性,物业,财物load负荷,负载,装载,加载abundance丰度,丰裕度,丰量,丰裕set设置,一组,一套,集group组,集团,群体,群crowd人群,群众,众人,人群中number数,编号,数量,号码collection收藏,收集,收藏品,集合much很多,许多,多,多多plenty大量的,大量bunch一束,一堆,一串,聚集在一起chance机会,机遇,机缘,的机会plot情节,计划,阴谋,剧情frontage门面,门面房,门脸,临街房parcel小包,包裹,邮包,裹包

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
    • : the casting or drawing of such objects as a method of deciding something: to choose a person by lot.
    • : the decision or choice made by such a method.
    • : allotted share or portion: to receive one's lot of an inheritance.
    • : the portion in life assigned by fate or Providence; one's fate, fortune, or destiny: Her lot had not been a happy one.
    • : a distinct portion or piece of land: a building lot.
    • : a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community.
    • : South Midland and Southern U.S. a farmyard or barnyard.
    • : a piece of land having the use specified by the attributive noun or adjective: a parking lot; a used-car lot.
    • : Movies. a motion-picture studio and its surrounding property.
    • : a distinct portion or parcel of anything, as of merchandise:The furniture was to be auctioned off in 20 lots.
    • : a number of things or persons collectively: There's one more, and that's the lot.
    • : kind of person; sort: He's a bad lot.
    • : Often lots. a great many or a great deal: a lot of books; lots of money.
    • : Chiefly British. a tax or duty.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lot·ted, lot·ting.

    • : to divide or distribute by lot: to lot furniture for sale; to lot out apples by the basketful.
    • : to assign to one as his or her lot; allot.
    • : to divide into lots, as land.
    • : Obsolete. to cast or draw lots for.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lot·ted, lot·ting.

    • : to draw lots.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Often lots. a great deal; greatly: Thanks a lot for the ride. I care lots about my family.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdraw lots
Synonyms
cut lots割地,割地赔款,割地三尺,割地皮draw straws抽签,抽签决定,抽吸,抽奖lot很多,地段,大量,批量

Examples

  • There will undoubtedly be lots of changes, but as of press time, here’s a glimpse at some of the cinematic delights waiting for LGBTQ audiences.

  • So both of these companies may lose a lot of their overseas exposure.

  • I think this year has been unprecedented in a lot of ways, and when things are very different than what they have been, people are fearful.

  • If you’ve got a lot of that going for you, then striking oil can be a blessing.

  • “It helped me a lot having to run for a while,” Davies said.

  • I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.

  • There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.

  • If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

  • A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.

  • And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • In the old world, poverty seemed, and poverty was, the natural and inevitable lot of the greater portion of mankind.

  • Seen thus poverty became rather a blessing than a curse, or at least a dispensation prescribing the proper lot of man.

  • Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.

  • I have seen a lot of Bolshevik propaganda and it is not very convincing stuff.

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