英音 /ˈlɒt.ər.i/

美音 /ˈlɑː.t̬ɚ.i/

1. [ noun, C ] a game, often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money, in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number is chosen
[可数名词]彩票，抽奖

例句：

He won £3 000 in the lottery. 他中彩得了3000英镑。

She bought a lottery ticket and won more than $33 million. 她买了张彩票，中了3,300多万美元。

When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork. 他博彩中奖后，八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。

People stood in a long queue to buy lottery tickets. 人们排起了长龙买彩票。

It is said he’s won the top prize in the lottery. 传闻他中了大奖。

2. [ noun, S, disapproving ] something that depends only on luck and is not fair
[单数名词，贬义词]碰运气的事

例句：

The stockmarket is a lottery. 股市买卖全看运气。

Finding a house in Beijing is a lottery even at the best of times. 即使在情况最好的时候，在北京找房子也是一件毫无把握的事。