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词汇 lot
释义 lot
noun
uk /lɒt/ us /lɑːt/

lotnoun (LARGE AMOUNT)


 a lot (of)informal
A1
lots (of) a large amount or number of people or things: 大量,许多
She eats lots of fruit.她水果吃得很多。
 a lot
A1
very much or very often: 非常;经常
Your sister looks a lot like you.你妹妹长得非常像你。
I'm feeling a lot better today.今天我感觉好多了。
He looks a lot older than his wife.他看起来比妻子老很多。
We used to go there a lot.过去我们经常去那里。
 have a lot to answer for
to be the main cause of a problem or an unpleasant situation: 是问题的主要原因;应负最大的责任
People who sell drugs to kids have a lot to answer for.卖毒品给儿童的人应付重大责任。
 the lotinformal
everything: 一切,全部
I made enough curry for three people and he ate the lot.我准备了够三人吃的咖喱饭,结果都让他一个人吃光了。
Have I got everything? Is that the lot?都给我了吗?全在这里了吗?
I'll sell you the whole lot for only £50.只要出50英镑我就把这些都卖给你。
I'm sick of the lot of them.我讨厌他们所有人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Large in number or quantity
a hundred/thousand/million and oneidiom
above and beyond somethingidiom
amount
and then someidiom
another
any amount ofidiom
billion
density
gazillion
heap
high density
huge
hundred
numerously
out/up the wazooidiom
poly
so much soidiom
some
thick
thousand

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Frequency & regularity - general words
Something, anything, nothing, and everything

lotnoun (GROUP)


[ C ]UK
an amount or set of things, especially when there are several of these amounts: 一批;一组;一套
I've already done one lot of washing.我已经洗完了一批衣服。
Another lot of visitors will be here this afternoon.今天下午还有一批参观者要来这里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Groups and collections of things
age bracket
agglomerate
agglomeration
Aladdin's cave
anthology
array
basket
bunch
crop
empty set
ensemble
family
feast
glory box
portfolio
selection
sheaf
sheaves
starter pack
store cupboard

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General words for size and amount

lotnoun (SALE)


[ C ]
in an auction (= public sale), an object or set of objects that are being sold: 拍卖品
Lot number 134 is a fine old walnut bureau.134号拍卖品是一个精美的老式胡桃木写字台。
See also
job lotinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Objects - general words
affair
Americana
artefact
baby
blank
column
conversation piece
doodah
entity
ephemera
extrusion
forensics
nick-nack
non-abstract
object
phenomenon
shape
snow globe
such and such
wisp

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Groups and collections of things

lotnoun (LAND)


[ C ]mainly US
an area of land: 一块土地
an empty lot一块空地
a parking lot停车场
They're planning to build a house on a vacant lot on 35th Street.他们正计划在35街的一块空地上建一所房子。
[ C ]US
a film studio and the land around it(电影)制片厂,摄影场
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Places and locations
anatopism
coign of vantage
core
crime scene
deliver something to someone/somewhere
direction
locus
madding
makerspace
Mecca
multi-location
retroperitoneal
retroperitoneally
scene
setting
situation
spot
station
stronghold
subsite

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Geography: areas of land in general
Cinema - general words

lotnoun (LIFE)


 someone's lot/the lot of someone
the quality of someone's life and the experiences that they have: (某人的)生活状况,命运
They should do something to improve the lot of the lowest-paid workers.他们应该采取措施改善最低收入工人的生活。

lotnoun (CHANCE)


 draw lots
to make a decision by choosing from a set of objects such as pieces of paper or sticks that are all the same except for one: 抽签
We drew lots to decide who would go.我们抽签决定谁去。

Grammar



Lots, a lot, plenty
We use lots, a lot and plenty in informal styles to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. Lots and a lot are similar in meaning to much and many. Plenty means ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’. Lots is even more informal than a lot: …

Much, many, a lot of, lots of: quantifiers
We use the quantifiers much, many, a lot of, lots of to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun). …

Much, many with a noun
We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many with plural nouns: …

A lot of, lots of with a noun
We use a lot of and lots of in informal styles. Lots of is more informal than a lot of. A lot of and lots of can both be used with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmatives, negatives, and questions: …

Much, many, a lot of, lots of: negative questions
When we use much and many in negative questions, we are usually expecting that a large quantity of something isn’t there. When we use a lot of and lots of in negative questions, we are usually expecting a large quantity of something. …

Much, many, a lot, lots: without a noun
We usually leave out the noun after much, many and a lot, lots when the noun is obvious: …

Much with comparative adjectives and adverbs: much older, much faster
We can use much before comparative adjectives and adverbs to make a stronger comparison: …

Too much, too many and so much, so many
We often use too before much and many. It means ‘more than necessary’. We can use too much before an uncountable noun and too many before a plural noun, or without a noun when the noun is obvious: …

As much as, as many as
When we want to make comparisons connected with quantity, we use as much as and as many as: …

Much, many and a lot of, lots of: typical errors
We use much with uncountable nouns and many with countable nouns: …

Much, a lot, lots, a good deal: adverbs
We use much, a lot, lots and a good deal as adverbs to refer to frequency, quantity and degree. …

Much
We use much in questions and negative clauses to talk about degrees of something. We put it in end position: …

A lot, a good deal and a great deal
We can use a lot, a good deal and a great deal as adverbs of frequency, quantity or degree: …

Idiom


there's a lot of it about
lot
noun[ plural ]
UKinformaluk /lɒt/ us /lɑːt/
a group of people: 一帮人
You're an ignorant lot!你们这群无知的家伙!
Are you lot coming to lunch?你们这伙人来吃午饭吗?
My lot (= children and family generally) won't eat spinach.我们家不吃菠菜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Groups of people
affinity group
alliance
an
anti-gang
assemblage
clutch
factionally
family
federation
federative
First Nation
line (someone) up
mob
online community
peer group
phalanx
posse
public
scratch
syndicate

lot | American Dictionary


lot
noun
us/lɑt/

lotnoun (LARGE AMOUNT)


 a lot
A lot can mean much or often:
You look a lot like your sister.
We eat out a lot.
 a lot of(alsolots of)
A lot of or lots of means a large amount or number of something:
I saved a lot of money with those coupons.
They want to have lots of children.

lotnoun (LAND)


[ C ]
an area of land:
They purchased a lot last summer and built a house on it the following year.

lot | Business English


lot
noun[ C ]
uk /lɒt/us
COMMERCE
in an auction (= a sale of goods or property to the person who offers the most money), an object or set of objects that are being sold:
Lot 57 is a mahogany work desk. Do I have a bid?
PRODUCTION
an amount or set of goods that is produced at the same time or sold together:
The manufacturer sells to a wholesaler or agent, who sells in smaller lots to other customers.
Ingredients should be clearly listed on the manufacturer's label with the lot number and the date of expiration.
PROPERTY
an area of land used for a particular purpose:
a building/vacant lotWe have residential and commercial building lots and acreage for sale.
a parking lot
STOCK MARKET
an amount of shares that is sold together:
The Stock Exchange asked companies to reduce the smallest traded lot of shares to 100 from 1,000.

See also


job lot

Examples of lot


lot
Experience tells us that there is a lot of truth in this opinion, and recent research supports it.
This means a whole lot of things could change by the time we get to the national conference.
I don't know that there's a lot of new material here.
In fact, although the discipline he imposed in his factory was a severe one, it was born of a desire to improve his workmen's lot.
My parents put a lot of responsibility on us children.
Indeed, in most cases, major crops were divided in half, but with a lot of exceptions.
That argument will have a lot to say about the scope of a community's standing.
A marriage would soon give rise to a lot of problems.
The cells are able to self-renew and differentiate in culture and this suggests they have a lot of possibilities for regenerative medical applications.
This book is not an easy read and demands a lot from its readers.
Further, concentration should counter a lot of secondary costs related to cultivation, for example: labour time, fencing costs, transportation and supervision.
Some respondents regarded neighbours as friends and spent a lot of time with them.
The identification of friction is very important since it has a lot of variation in different environments.
It was a lot easier to manage international financial crisis in the eighties than in the nineties precisely for that reason.
As a result, the primary prepositions look a lot like phonological words that are subject to such adjustments.
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Collocations withlot


lot

These are words often used in combination with lot.

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a lot of anger
I fear that a lotofanger will result, and we must avoid this precedent in every case.
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a lot of money
Lawyers cost money and good lawyers cost a lotofmoney.
a lot of noise
And the misalignment between the mating parts was corrected successfully by using a pattern matching technique in spite of a lotofnoise.
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