jackpot

• n. 頭獎；累積賭注；十分成功
• adj. 頭獎的；累積賭注的；大筆收入的

jack,撲克J,pot,罐子，錢罐。一種撲克賭博遊戲，直到某持牌方至少持有兩張J或更大牌才可以開牌並取得勝利。後引申詞義大獎，頭獎。比較 blackjack.

jackpot (n.)

also jack-pot, "big prize," 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from jack (n.) in the card-playing sense + pot (n.1). Earlier, in criminal slang, it meant "trouble," especially "an arrest" (1902).

The regular Draw-Poker game is usually varied by occasional Jack-Pots, which are played once in so many deals, or when all have refused to play, or when the player deals who holds the buck, a marker placed in the pool with every jack-pot. In a jack-pot each player puts up an equal stake and receives a hand. The pot must then be opened by a player holding a hand of the value of a pair of knaves (jacks) or better. If no player holds so valuable a hand the deal passes and each player adds a small sum to the pot or pool. When the pot is opened the opener does so by putting up any sum he chooses, within the limit, and his companions must pay in the same amount or "drop." They also possess the right to raise the opener. The new cards called for are then dealt and the opener starts the betting, the play proceeding as in the regular game. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11th ed., 1911, "Poker." The article notes "Jack-Pots were introduced about 1870."]

1. A nurse won the £5 million jackpot.

一個護士贏得了500萬英鎊的頭獎。

來自柯林斯例句

2. to win the jackpot

得頭獎

來自《權威詞典》

3. This guy won a million - dollar jackpot on a game show.

這家夥在一場比賽中贏得了一百萬美元的獎金.

來自超越目標英語 第4冊

4. What about those lucky few who do win a lottery jackpot?

那些少數幸運贏得彩票頭彩獎金的人 呢 ?

來自互聯網

5. The jackpot can be yours if you pick the six winning numbers.

要是你挑中了六個幸運號碼,頭彩就是你的了.

來自互聯網