mid-15c., of persons; 1540s, of actions or objects, "likely to bring luck;" from luck + -y (2). Meaning "occurring by chance" is 1590s. Related: Luckier; luckiest; luckiness. Lucky break is attested from 1884 in billiards; 1872 as "failure or break-down which turns out to be fortunate." Lucky Strike as the name of a brand of cigarettes (originally chewing tobacco) popular mid-20c. is said to date from 1871; popular from 1935 when the branda??s maker picked up sponsorship of a??Your Hit Paradea?? on radio.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Chantal was lucky to be able to salvage her career.
尚塔爾能保住她的事業(yè)算是走了運(yùn)。
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2. I'm lucky really as I never put on weight.
我很幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)槲业捏w重從來(lái)沒有增加過(guò)。
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3. We're lucky to have such a man in our midst.
在我們中間有這樣一個(gè)人是我們的幸運(yùn)。
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4. "I'm a lucky man, undeservedly lucky," he said humbly.
“我是個(gè)幸運(yùn)的人，本不配如此幸運(yùn)，”他謙虛地說(shuō)。
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5. In China bats are thought of as being very lucky.