luck

luck /lʌk/
  • danh từ
    • vận, sự may rủi
      • good luck: vận may
      • bad luck: vận rủi
      • to try one's luck: xem vận mình có đỏ không
      • to be down on one's luck: gặp vận rủi, gặp cơn đen
      • worse luck: rủi thay, lại càng bất hạnh thay
      • hard luck!: thật không may!, không may thay!
      • just my luck: thật là đúng như vận mình xưa nay
    • vận may, vận đỏ
      • to be in luck; to be in luck's way: gặp may
      • to have no luck; to be out of luck: không may

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): luck, lucky, unlucky, luckily, unluckily


Xem thêm: fortune, destiny, fate, lot, circumstances, portion, fortune, chance, hazard, fortune



luck

Từ điển Collocation

luck noun

ADJ. better, good | pure, sheer It was sheer luck that we met like that. | bad, ill, rotten, tough It was rotten luck to be ill on the day of the interview.

QUANT. piece, stroke By a stroke of luck I came across it in a local bookshop.

VERB + LUCK bring (sb), give sb This ring has always brought me good luck. | try I decided to try my luck at the roulette wheel.

LUCK + VERB run out It looks as though our luck's finally run out. | hold If our luck holds, we should win. | improve, turn He went on gambling, sure his luck was about to turn.

PREP. by … ~ By ill luck, my flight had been cancelled. | for ~ I always carry it with me, just for luck. | in ~ You're in luck?there are just two tickets left. | out of ~ I had hoped there would be another train, but I was out of luck. | with ~ With luck, we'll get there before it closes.

PHRASES beginner's luck I don't know why I did so well?it must be beginner's luck. | better luck next time If you didn't win a prize, better luck next time. | can't believe your luck He couldn't believe his luck when the other candidate for the job withdrew. | just my luck Just my luck to get the broken chair!


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); fortune, destiny, fate, lot, circumstances, portion

    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

  • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; fortune, chance, hazard

    bad luck caused his downfall

    we ran into each other by pure chance

  • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; fortune

    it was my good luck to be there

    they say luck is a lady

    it was as if fortune guided his hand


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: chance fate fortuity fortune lot