| 单词 | slot-machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslot-machine slot-machine n. a machine which is operated by inserting a coin in a slot; also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > coin-operated automatic machine1808 slot-machine1891 automat1895 penny-in-the-slot1922 slot1950 coin-op1960 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > coin-operated penny-in-the-slot1889 slot-machine1891 quarter-in-the-slot1903 coin-in-the-slot1904 coin-operated1960 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Index July–Dec. 155/2 Slot machine. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 1/3 An ostrich's stomach is not filled with mechanism like a slot machine's. a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1912) 196 Mac McGowan was to..drop his silver talent into the slit of the slot-machine of fame and fortune that gives up reputation and dough. 1929 Sun (Baltimore) 15 Nov. 1/6 ‘Spike’ O'Donnell,..beer baron and bootlegger,..is acting as his own lawyer in the ‘slot machine’ trial. 1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 12 Eating chocolate creams from the slot-machines. 1957 Observer 1 Sept. 13/4 At Las Vegas the plane empties of passengers who, with cold passion, play the slot-machines in the concourse until ten minutes later, when it is time to go. 1978 J. Wainwright Jury People lxiv. 216 A slot-machine arcade. One of these pin-table places. < as lemmas |
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