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  • Conjugation : past  lotted ; ing  lotting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

lot [lɔt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (set,group) (of papers,books,people etc) 批
    We've just sacked one lot of builders.
    我们解雇一批建筑工人
  2. 2. noun [US] (land) 地皮
  3. 3. noun see also parking lot
  4. 4. noun (at auction) 批件
    lot no. 359
    批件号为359
  5. 5. noun (destiny) 命运
    attempts by the workers to improve their lot
    工人改变自身命运所做的努力
    a lot
    [of books etc] 许多
    Have one of mine, I've got a lot.
    给你一个吧,我有很多。
  6. 6. noun [of money etc] (much) 很多
    We still owe quite a lot.
    我们还是欠很多钱。
    a lot of
    许多
    a lot of people
    许多
    I drink a lot of coffee.
    我喝许多咖啡
    lots of
    [+things,people] 许多
    he reads/smokes a lot
    他书读得/烟抽得很多
    I like you a lot
    非常喜欢
    the lot
    [inf] 全部
    She's taken the lot!
    全部都拿走了!
    they're a boring/friendly lot
    [inf] 他们这些人很无聊/友好
    to draw lots
    抽签

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

lot
  1. 1. [Finance] 交易单位、批
lot [lɒt]
  1. 1. noun [Religion] [People] 罗得,《旧约圣经》的人物亚伯拉罕侄子,乃摩押人和亚扪人的始祖
  2. 2. n.[c] 大量许多
  3. 3. n.[c] 一块地皮一个场地
    He bought a lot on the lake.
    他买下了湖边的那块地皮
  4. 4. n.[c] 一群人,一批东西
    They were an angry lot.
    他们一群愤怒的人。
  5. 5. n.[c] 命运运气
  6. 6. n.[c] 签,阄
    They drew lots for it.
    他为之抽签
  7. 7. n.[u] 全部整个
  8. 8. n.[c] 一批货,一批产品
  9. 9. n.[u] 抽签,抓阄
  10. 10. vt. 划分
  11. 11. vt. 分配摊派
  12. 12. vi. 抽签,抓阄

Collins English-English Dictionary

lot [lɒt]
  1. 1. pron [functioning as singular or plural; preceded by a] a great number or quantity
    a lot to do
    a lot of people
    a lot of trouble
  2. 2. n a collection of objects, items, or people
    a nice lot of youngsters
  3. 3. n portion in life; destiny; fortune
    it falls to my lot to be poor
  4. 4. n any object, such as a straw or slip of paper, drawn from others at random to make a selection or choice (esp in the phrase draw or cast lots)
  5. 5. n the use of lots in making a selection or choice (esp in the phrase by lot)
  6. 6. n an assigned or apportioned share
  7. 7. n an item or set of items for sale in an auction
  8. 8. n [chiefly US and Canadian] an area of land
    a parking lot
  9. 9. n [US and Canadian] a piece of land with fixed boundaries
  10. 10. n [chiefly US and Canadian] a film studio and the site on which it is located
  11. 11. adv [preceded by a] [Spoken] to a considerable extent, degree, or amount; very much
    to delay a lot
  12. 12. adv a great deal of the time or often
    to sing madrigals a lot
  13. 13. vb to draw lots for (something)
  14. 14. vt. [tr] to divide (land, etc) into lots
  15. 15. vt. another word for allot
  16. 16. vt. See also lots
  17. 17. vt. [Etymology] Old English hlot; related to Old High German lug portion of land, Old Norse hlutr lot, share

Examples

a congested parking lot
拥塞的(露天)停车场
easily the best of the lot
无疑是全部中最好的
her unhappy lot
她的不幸命运
a lot happier
非常高兴的
to complain of one's lot when one might change it
本来可以改变自己的命运,但却自怨命苦

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