serendipity
/ˌserənˈdɪpətɪ/noun
mass noun
- the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way意外的运气：
a fortunate stroke of serendipity
意外的走运
count noun a series of small serendipities.一连串的小运气。
派生词
serendipitous
adjectiveserendipitously
adverb词源
1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes 'were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of'.