luck

• n. 運；幸運；幸運をもたらすもの
• vi.運に頼る；幸運である；偶然に遭遇する
• n. （運）人の名前；（ドイツ語、スウェーデン語）Luck；（英語）Luck；（フランス語）Luc.

語源は定かではないが、もともとはギャンブルにおける幸運のことを指していた。

luck

luck: [15] The antecedents of luck are not at all clear. Its likeliest source is Low German luk. This is clearly a close relative of modern Dutch geluk, whose prefix ge- is found also in Middle High German gelücke (source of modern German glück ‘good fortune, happiness’). But where the element lu(c)k came from is not known.

luck (n.)

late 15c. from early Middle Dutch luc, shortening of gheluc "happiness, good fortune," of unknown origin. It has cognates in Dutch geluk, Middle High German g(e)lücke, German Glück "fortune, good luck." Perhaps first borrowed in English as a gambling term. To be down on (one's) luck is from 1832; to be in luck is from 1900; to push (one's) luck is from 1911. Good luck as a salutation to one setting off to do something is from 1805. Expression better luck next time attested from 1802.

A gentleman was lately walking through St Giles's, where a levelling citizen attempting to pick his pocket of a handkerchief, which the gentleman caught in time, and secured, observing to the fellow, that he had missed his aim, the latter, with perfect sang-froid, answered, "better luck next time master."?? [a??Monthly Mirror,a?? London, 1802]

luck (v.)

by 1945, from luck (n.). To luck out "succeed through luck" is American English colloquial, attested by 1946; to luck into (something good) is from 1944. However, lukken was a verb in Middle English (mid-15c.) meaning "to happen, chance;" also, "happen fortunately."

1. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you 're prepared for it.

幸運はチャンスが来た時、あなたはとっくに準備ができています。

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2.He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.

これだけの苦難を経て、彼は少し幸運になったはずだ。

3.Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career.

ウッドは何かをしようとしたが、なかなかうまくいかなかった。

4.Was he born to be successful，or did he just luck out？

彼は運命的に成功するのか、それとも幸運だけを手に入れたのか。

5.It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.

彼はこの運で、最後の船に遅れても不思議ではない。