释义 |
tombolatom‧bo‧la /tɒmˈbəʊlə $ tɑːmˈboʊ-/ noun [uncountable] - A well stocked tombola provided many potential Christmas presents for the lucky winners.
- Kate bought two tickets in Mrs Keble's tombola.
- Last year a tombola held in Morrisons supermarket, Darlington, proved very popular.
- So was Mrs Keble, who'd taken eight pounds odd on the tombola.
- Staff also ran a tombola and guess the name of the rabbit competition raising £1,675.
- The village was too peopled by women, fit only for the baking of cakes and arranging tombola stalls.
- There was also a tombola, and dancing to the Dark Blues, and to Gibson's Discotheque.
- There will be an auction, a tombola, and dancing to the Three B Band.
► Gamblingback, 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 British English a game in which you buy a ticket with a number on it in order to try and win a prize that has the same number on it → raffle |