| 单词 | lot |
| 释义 | lot (once / 52 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5nv 6n A lot is a plot of land. When you buy a house, you also buy the lot on which it sits. If there's an empty lot in your neighborhood, it means there's a space covered with grass or pavement that's large enough for a house or building to fit there. Another kind of lot is a set or group of items. At an auction or estate sale, you might find a lot of antique silver spoons for sale, or a lot of comic books — in either case, the lot is a collection. WORD FAMILYlot: lots, lotted, lotting USAGE EXAMPLES“A lot of people face workplace discrimination but they don’t dare step forward,” Chen said. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) “But there are still a lot of hoops to jump through, a lot of hurdles to get over.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “I’ve seen it work for a lot of my patients.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random 2Syn|Hyper draw object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) 3has a happy lot Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion good fortune, good luck, luckiness an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes providencea manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luckan unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failurelack of success prosperity, successfulnessthe condition of prospering; having good fortune blessing, boona desirable state weaknessthe condition of being financially weak adversity, hard knocks, hardshipa state of misfortune or affliction gutter, sewer, toiletmisfortune resulting in lost effort or money hard cheesebad luck bankruptcya state of complete lack of some abstract property bank failurethe inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations crop failurethe failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus dead ducksomething doomed to failure condition a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing n any collection in its entirety 4Syn|Hyper bunch, caboodle accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 5a lot of money Syn|Hypo|Hyper batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad deluge, flood, inundation, torrent an overwhelming number or amount haymowa mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 1n a parcel of land having fixed boundaries he bought a lot on the lake Hypo|Hyper car park, park, parking area, parking lot a lot where cars are parked building site, vacant lota lot on which there are no permanent buildings sandlota vacant lot used by city boys to play games used-car lota parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land 2v divide into lots, as of land, for example Hyper carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up separate into parts or portions 3v administer or bestow, as in small portions 6Syn|Hypo|Hyper administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out allot, assign, portion give out reallotallot again dealdistribute cards to the players in a game apply, givegive or convey physically allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set asidegive or assign a resource to a particular person or cause allocate, apportiondistribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose misdealdeal cards wrongly treadapply (the tread) to a tire administerperform (a church sacrament) ritually give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody n an unofficial association of people or groups they were an angry lot Syn|Hypo|Hyper band, circle, set car pool a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, packan exclusive circle of people with a common purpose cohorta band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) confederacy, conspiracya group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose Four Hundredthe exclusive social set of a city horsey set, horsy seta set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing jet seta set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure company, partya band of people associated temporarily in some activity Bloomsbury Groupan inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles bohemiaa group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style brain trust, kitchen cabinetan inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government loopan inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) cabal, camarilla, faction, juntoa clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue junta, military juntaa group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power maffia, mafiaany tightly knit group of trusted associates faction, secta dissenting clique fatigue partya group of soldiers on fatigue duty landing partya part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore party to the action, party to the transactiona party of people taking a role in legal proceedings rescue partya party of rescuers search partya party of people to search for someone stretcher partya party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person war partya band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans) galere, rogue's gallerya coterie of undesirable people hard corethe most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement social group people sharing some social relation Lot (once / 4041 pages) n WORD FAMILY Lot USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the drilling was finished, my mother started humming “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) Police say an employee at Baltimore City’s Impound Lot discovered an unidentified man’s body Tuesday morning inside the 2001 Chevy Astro van. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) The team currently leases two fields next to Lot 7 at RFK Stadium. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) n (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction Exp Hebrew, Israelite, Jew a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties |
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