- an unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck偶然好运, 侥幸:
their triumph was no fluke.
他们的胜利绝非偶然。
with obj.
- achieve (something) by luck rather than skill侥幸获得, 侥幸做成:
he fluked the pink to win the frame.
他侥幸击粉球入袋, 赢了这一局。
词源
mid 19th cent. (originally a term in games such as billiards denoting a lucky stroke): perhaps a dialect word.
1
- a parasitic flatworm which typically has suckers and hooks for attachment to the host. Some species are of veterinary or medical importance.吸虫, 蛭。
1.1
- Classes Trematoda and Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes.吸虫纲和单殖亚纲, 扁形动物门。见DIGENEAN 及MONOGENEAN.
2
- chiefly dialect or N. Amer. a flatfish, especially a flounder〈主方或主北美〉比目鱼(尤指鲽)。
词源
Old English flōc (in sense 2), of Germanic origin; related to German flach 'flat'.