lot

• n.共有; 多く; 運命; 多く
• adv.（形容詞や副詞を伴って）非常に、非常に；（動詞を伴って）非常に多く
• pron.
• vt.グループ分けをする；（土地を）区画に分ける
• くじを引く

クジを引くための小さな物体、サイコロ、草、棒などの語源は不明。おそらくPIE*kel（刻む、切る）が語源で、語源的にはclone（クローン）、cleric（クレリック）、clastic（クラスティック）と同じで、多くの意味を持つ。一般的にa lot of、すなわち一片、一まとまり、多数のという表現で使われる。

lot

lot: [OE] Lot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khlut-, which appears to have denoted the use of objects to make decisions by chance (Old English hlot was used for such an object). The first inklings of the modern range of senses did not emerge until the 18th century, when lot began to be used for a ‘set of things’. ‘Large number, many’ followed in the 19th century. The Germanic word was borrowed into the Romance languages, and of its descendants English has acquired allot [16] (from Old French) and lotto [18] (from Italian). Lottery [16] comes from the Dutch derivative loterij.
=> allot, lottery, lotto

lot (n.)

Old English hlot "object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone's share," also "what falls to a person by lot," from Proto-Germanic *khlutom (cognates: Old Norse hlutr "lot, share," Old Frisian hlot "lot," Old Saxon hlot, Middle Dutch, Dutch lot, Old High German hluz "share of land," German Los; Old English hleotan "to cast lots, to foretell"), of unknown origin. The object was placed with others in a receptacle, which was shaken, the winner being the one that fell out first. Hence, to cast lots. In some cases the lots were drawn by hand. The word was adopted from Germanic into the Romanic languages (compare lottery, lotto). Meaning "choice resulting from the casting of lots" first attested c. 1200.

Sense of "plot of land" is first recorded 1630s (distribution of the best property in new settlements often determined by casting lots), that of "group, collection" is 1725, from notion of auction lots. The generalized sense of "great many" is first attested in 1812. To cast (one's) lot with another is to agree to share winnings.

1. I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.

チームメイトたちはよく私の冗談を言ってくれた。

2.I get very nervous because I 'm using a lot of expensive equipment.

高価なデバイスをたくさん使用しているので、とても緊張しています。

3.Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot ？

よく汗をかいたり、顔がやけどをしたりしますか。

4.The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.

被害者は重傷を負い、大量に失血した。

5.A block up the street I found a parking lot .

街に沿って1ブロック北に渡って、駐車場を見つけました。