| 单词 | lot |
| 例句 | lot pronoun • lots of friends|• a lot of money:a large amount, a fair amount, a good/great deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, a mass | a large number, a considerable number, scores | informal hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, gazillions, loads, masses, heaps, a pile, a stack, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, gobs, a bunch, a bucketload, a shedload | (lots of/a lot of) many, a great many, numerous, more —— than one can shake a stick at. ANT a little, not much, a few, not many..▶noun 1.•the books were auctioned in lots:item, article | batch, set, collection, group, bundle, quantity, assortment, parcel. 2.•his lot in life:fate, destiny, fortune, doom | situation, circumstances, state, condition, position, plight, predicament. 3.•playing ball in a vacant lot:patch of ground, piece of ground, plot, area, tract, parcel, plat.▶adverb •I work in pastels a lot :a great deal, a good deal, to a great extent, much | often, frequently, regularly. ANT a little. PHRASES draw/cast lots •we drew lots to see who gets to drive:toss/flip a coin, draw straws, throw/roll (the) dice. throw in one's lot with •he threw in his lot with the conspirators:join forces with, join up with, form an alliance with, ally with, align oneself with, link up with, make common cause with. USAGE a lot, alot A lot (= many) is the standard spelling. Alot is a nonstandard form—e.g.: • “Alot [read A lot ] of people have noticed that the two teams playing in the World Series have one very important thing in common.” ( Boston Globe; Oct. 22, 2000.) • “Dalmatians are active and require alot [read a lot ] of exercise and attention.” ( Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Dec. 2, 2000.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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