fluke

英 [fluːk]

美 [fluːk]

n.  侥幸; 偶然; 意外

复数：flukes　过去式：fluked　过去分词：fluked　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15994 / COCA.13510

牛津词典

noun

• 侥幸；偶然；意外
  a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not because of planning or skill
  1. They are determined to show that their last win was no fluke.
     他们决心证明他们上一次的胜利绝非侥幸。
  2. a fluke goal
     偶然的进球

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 侥幸;意外;偶然
  If you say that something good is afluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged.
  1. The discovery was something of a fluke...
     这个发现多少有点机缘巧合。
  2. By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city.
     非常凑巧的是，船主的一个雇员正在城里。

英英释义

noun

• parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
  Synonym:trematodetrematode worm
• either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
• flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
  Synonym:flue
• a barb on a harpoon or arrow
• a stroke of luck
  Synonym:good luckgood fortune

双语例句

• We are here by a fluke and are going to end up as no more than dust and ashes.
  我们在这里只是个意外，我们只能像尘土一样完结。
• Well, let's make sure it's not a fluke.
  让我确定一下这不是偶然。
• It was a complete fluke that we just happened to be in the same place at the same time.
  那完全是巧合，我们碰巧在同一时间呆在同一地方。
• Director Chris Weitz proves that The Golden Compass was no fluke: He really is a non-master of action.
  《新月》的导演克里斯·韦兹证明了《金色罗盘》的败笔并非偶然：他确实搞不定动作片。
• Dr. Baxter's groggy, wee-hour epiphany wasn't a fluke.
  巴克斯特医生在凌晨疲惫之时的顿悟并非侥幸。
• Getting that job was a fluke.
  弄到那份工作纯属侥幸。
• This would prove his claim that the last fight was a fluke.
  他所说的上回比赛只是侥幸而已。
• O-ne bad round's a fluke.
  只坏一个算是意外。
• They tell themselves it is to prove it was not a fluke, to prove they can do it alone, without a particular partner or mentor.
  他们告诉自己这是为了证明他们的成功不是出于侥幸，没有某个合作伙伴或导师的帮助，他们也可以独自做到。
• Is this conclusion reliable, or was it a measurement fluke?
  这个结论可靠吗？还是由于度量的误差造成的假像？