英単語

luckyの意味・使い方・発音

lucky

英 ['lʌkɪ] 美 ['lʌki]
  • adj.幸運;まぐれ

英語の語源


lucky (adj.)
mid-15c., of persons; 1540s, of actions or objects, "likely to bring luck;" from luck + -y (2). Meaning "occurring by chance" is 1590s. Related: Luckier; luckiest; luckiness. Lucky break is attested from 1884 in billiards; 1872 as "failure or break-down which turns out to be fortunate." Lucky Strike as the name of a brand of cigarettes (originally chewing tobacco) popular mid-20c. is said to date from 1871; popular from 1935 when the branda??s maker picked up sponsorship of a??Your Hit Paradea?? on radio.

例文


1. Chantal was lucky to be able to salvage her career.
サンタルが彼女の事業を守ることができたのは運が尽きた。

2.I 'm lucky really as I never put on weight.
体重が増えたことがないので、私はラッキーです。

3.We 're lucky to have such a man in our midst.
私たちの中にこのような人がいるのは私たちの幸運です。

4. "I'm a lucky man, undeservedly lucky ," he said humbly.
「私は幸運な人で、こんなに幸運なわけではありません」と謙遜した。

5.In China bats are thought of as being very lucky .
中国ではコウモリがマスコットとされている。

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