lottery
意味
- 富くじ,福引き,宝くじ
運,巡り合わせ
例文
If I won the lottery, I'd buy you a new car.
宝くじに当たったら、新車買ってあげるね。
Mary had a dream that she won the lottery.
メアリーは宝くじに当たる夢を見た。
What would you do if you won the lottery?
宝くじに勝ったらどうしますか。
語源
lotくじ+-eryこと・所
イタリア語lotteriaから。lot(くじ・くじで当たる分け前)と同じ語源で、くじ引き「宝くじ」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.