lot
[lɒt]
n. 运气, 签, 签, 份额, 许, 堆

vt.

vi. 签, 抓阄

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lot
lotted, lotting
[ noun ]

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

<noun.quantity>
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

2. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries

<noun.location>
he bought a lot on the lake

3. an unofficial association of people or groups

<noun.group>
the smart set goes there
they were an angry lot

4. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

<noun.state>
whatever my fortune may be
deserved a better fate
has a happy lot
the luck of the Irish
a victim of circumstances
success that was her portion

5. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

<noun.artifact>
the luck of the draw
they drew lots for it

6. any collection in its entirety

<noun.group>
she bought the whole caboodle

7. (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

1. divide into lots, as of land, for example

<verb.social>

2. administer or bestow, as in small portions

<verb.possession> administer allot deal deal out dish out dispense distribute dole out mete out parcel out shell out
administer critical remarks to everyone present
dole out some money
shell out pocket money for the children
deal a blow to someone
the machine dispenses soft drinks

Lot \Lot\ (l[o^]t), n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast
lots, OS. hl[=o]t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l[=o]z, Icel.
hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot},
{Lotto}, {Lottery}.]
1. That which happens without human design or forethought;
chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

But save my life, which lot before your foot doth
lay. --Spenser.

2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used
in determining a question by chance, or without man's
choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
disposing thereof is of the Lord. --Prov. xvi.
33.

If we draw lots, he speeds. --Shak.

3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
chance, or without his planning.

O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's
Enough to bear. --Milton.

He was but born to try
The lot of man -- to suffer and to die. --Pope.

4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a
lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people;
as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English
heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole.

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
field; as, a building lot in a city.

The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
New York. --Kent.

6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of
people think so. [Colloq.]

He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London
by a lot of business. --W. Black.

7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

{To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.

{To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other
instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which,
an event is by previous agreement determined.

{To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by
drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed
from the drawer.

{To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's
ability. See {Scot}.


Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lotting}.]
To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]

{To lot on} or {To lot upon}, to count or reckon upon; to
expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]