There was a lot of handshaking and a lot of congratulations.
He'd already told me he wouldn't be coming back to school for at least a semester.
So we were saying goodbye for a while. ——The Social Network 有很多的握手和很多的祝贺。他已经告诉我,他不会回到学校至少一个学期。所以我们说过段时间再见。 ——《社交网络》一、你知道lot有几种含义吗?
abbr.
(= large orbiting telescope)(卫星上的)大型轨道望远镜
n.
1.【口】很多,多数,多量
There are a lot of people in the railroad station.
火车站里有许多人。
2.全部
Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour.
他没有拿钱去交房租,而是去了投注站,半小时内就把这笔钱全输光了。
3.(商品等的)一批,一摊;某一类的人
Archaeologists were trying to ascertain the date of a new lot of unearthed relics.
考古学家正在查考一批新出土文物的年代。
4.(出售或拍卖时的)一批 [C]
The two lots have made just over £3 million.
这两件拍卖品拍出了300多万英镑的价钱。
5.(作特定用处的)一块地 [C]
If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
如果在你这块地底下发现了石油或金子,你可以把采矿权卖掉。
v.
1.划分 [T]
2.抽签 [I]
It was settled by lotting.
这事是以抽签决定的。
二、词义辨析:表示相同含义的词还有哪些呢?
destiny, fate, lot, doom, luck, fortune
这些名词均有“命运”或“运气”之意。destiny普通用词,侧重预先注定的命运,对未来命运的美好憧憬。fate较庄严用词,多指不幸的命运,暗示不可避免,令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变,宿命论色彩较浓。lot多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。doom指最终的,常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运,隐含不可避免的意味。luck普通日常用词,指好的或坏的运气,尤多指好运气,有时也指成功或愉快的结局。fortune普通用词,指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运,如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。
三、含有lot的常见短语
a lot
a. 1.很多,大量,非常
parking lot
n.停车场
job lot
零星批量,分批,分批数量
scot and lot
【法】 普通税, 分担财政负担, 按能力支付教区税
四,学会lot的用法了吗?来做个测试吧!