| 单词 | gambler |
| 释义 | gambler (once / 979 pages) n A gambler is a person who takes a lot of high-risk chances. Your friends might call you a gambler if you spend your free time bungee jumping and playing high-stakes poker. When you seek adventure or danger, you're gambling with your safety or even your life, which makes you one kind of gambler. Other gamblers enjoy betting money on sports, card games, or games of chance. Gambler came after gamble, "risk something of value on a game of chance," from the Middle English gammlen, "play or be merry," with its Old English root gamen, or "game." WORD FAMILYgambler: ex-gambler, gamblers+/gamble: gambled, gambler, gambles, gambling/gambling: gamblings USAGE EXAMPLESGamblers lost $88 million at the 12 coastal casinos - 4 percent less than last November. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) By midafternoon, new arrivals were delayed at the door until other gamblers and gawkers departed. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) Mr. Trump, a former casino owner, should think like a gambler. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) 1n someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement Syn|Hyper risk taker adventurer, venturer a person who enjoys taking risks 2n a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events Hypo|Hyper ex-gambler a former gambler better, bettor, punter, wagerersomeone who bets bookie, bookmakera gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) crapshootera gambler who plays the game of craps croupiersomeone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table high rollera gambler who wagers large sums losera gambler who loses a bet handicapper, odds-makersomeone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) crap-shooter, shootera gambler who throws dice in the game of craps plunger, speculatorsomeone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains sporting mansomeone who leads a merry existence; especially a gambler on the outcome of sporting events winnera gambler who wins a bet lottery winner, prize winnerthe winner of a lottery takerone who takes a bet or wager callerthe bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands Edwardiansomeone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII hedgersomeone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss operatora speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets scalpersomeone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost venture capitalista speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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