lotto-like game of chance, 1936; many theories about its origin, none satisfying; the most likely is bingo! as an exclamation of sudden realization or surprise (attested from 1923). Uncertain connection to the slang word for "brandy" (1690s); attested as "liquor" in American English, 1861. Thomas Chandler Haliburton ("Sam Slick") in "The Americans at Home" (1854) recounts a story of a drinking game in which the children's song about the farmer's dog was sung and when it came time to spell out the name, every participant had to take a letter in turn, and anyone who missed or flubbed had to drink.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A timely bingo win brought some cheer to Juliet Little's family yesterday.
昨天玩賓戈贏了一把，適時(shí)地給朱麗葉·利特爾一家?guī)?lái)些許的歡快心情。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. I was in a market in Tangier and bingo! I found this.