| 单词 | one-armed bandit |
| 释义 | one-armed banditor onearm bandit[ wuhn-ahrmd ] / ˈwʌnˌɑrmd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR one-armed bandit ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.slot machine (def. 1). Origin of one-armed banditAn Americanism dating back to 1935–40 Words nearby one-armed banditone-acter, one and all, one and only, one and the same, one another, one-armed bandit, on earth, on easy street, one-bagger, one-base hit, one by one Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for one-armed banditone-armed bandit nouna fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with one-armed banditone-armed bandit A slot machine, as in It's amazing how many people think they can make money playing a one-armed bandit. This term refers to both appearance and function: the operating lever looks like an arm, and the machine in effect robs players, since it “wins” and keeps the player's money in an overwhelming majority of instances. [c. 1930] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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