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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lot \Lot\, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast lots, OS.
   hl?t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l?z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott,
   Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.]
   1. That which happens without human design or forethought;
      chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

            But save my life, which lot before your foot doth
            lay.                                  --Spenser.

   2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used
      in determining a question by chance, or without man's
      choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

            The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
            disposing thereof is of the Lord.     --Prov. xvi.
                                                  33.

            If we draw lots, he speeds.           --Shak.

   3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
      chance, or without his planning.

            O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to
            bear.                                 --Milton.

            He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer
            and to die.                           --Pope.

   4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
      as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of
      people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

            I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English
            heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole.

   5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
      field; as, a building lot in a city.

            The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
            New York.                             --Kent.

   6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
      lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.]

            He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London
            by a lot of business.                 --W. Black.

   7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

   {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.

   {To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other
      instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which,
      an event is by previous agreement determined.

   {To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by
      drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed
      from the drawer.

   {To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's
      ability. See {Scot}.

Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Lotting}.]
   To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]

   {To lot on} or {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect
      with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

lot
     n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
          "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
          money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
          have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
          deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle},
           {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
          a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
          sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
     2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot
        on the lake"
     3: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
        everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may
        be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the
        luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success
        that was her portion" [syn: {fortune}, {destiny}, {fate},
        {luck}, {circumstances}, {portion}]
     4: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
        caboodle" [syn: {bunch}, {caboodle}]
     5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
        set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set}, {circle},
         {band}]
     6: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
        "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: {draw}]
     7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and
        Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were
        told to flee without looking back at the destruction
     [also: {lotting}, {lotted}]

lot
     v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
     2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
        critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
        money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
        blow to someone" [syn: {distribute}, {administer}, {mete
        out}, {deal}, {parcel out}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal
        out}, {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
     [also: {lotting}, {lotted}]