单词	sweepstake
释义	sweepstakesweep‧stake /ˈswiːpsteɪk/ British English, sweepstakes American English noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsweepstakes Origin: 1700-1800 sweepstake ‘someone who takes all the winnings in a game’ (15-18 centuries), from sweep + stake Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Clare felt as if she had won a sweepstake. Could it be one of those sweepstakes enticements that would bury me under a dune of unwanted magazines? Officials at Cheltenham, which stages the trial fixture on November 15, have agreed to hold sweepstakes on the races. Since his last visit she has framed the letter that arrived with some magazine subscription sweepstakes. There are then further prizes of gold medals, the Phillips Cup and the proceeds of two sweepstakes. word sets WORD SETS► Gambling back, verbbank, nounbanker, nounbet, verbbet, nounbid, verbbingo, nounbookie, nounbookmaker, nouncasino, nounchip, nouncroupier, noundividend, noundraw, nouneach way, adverbfruit machine, noungamble, verbgaming, nounlottery, nounodds, nounofftrack, adjectiveone-armed bandit, nounparimutuel, nounplace, verbraffle, nounraffle, verbroulette, nounslot machine, nounstakeholder, nounsweepstake, nountombola, nountout, verbwager, nounwager, verb 1a type of betting in which the winner receives all the money risked by everyone else2American English a type of competition in which you have the chance to win a prize if your name is chosen3American English a competition, election etc in which no one knows who will be the winner:  the presidential sweepstakes
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