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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++jack·pot /ˈdʒækpɒt $ -pɑːt/ noun [countable]  WINa large amount of money that you can win in a game that is decided by chance 〔碰运气游戏中的〕头奖,最高奖 a £50,000 jackpot 五万英镑的头奖 jackpot winners 头奖得主 hit the jackpot at hit1(25)
Examples from the Corpus
jackpotOnce, they had four out of five numbers for a jackpot and split $ 102.Mr Hill's huge jackpot cost him just 54p.The organisers of the pools believe that huge jackpots are their best weapon in fighting the threat posed by a national lottery.The changes, according to the pools companies, will increase the number of jackpot winners.Unemployed roadsweeper Mickey Reid hit the jackpot when his £4 Lotto ticket won him £1.8m.The jackpot is worth $1 million this week.
From Longman Business Dictionaryjackpotjack‧pot /ˈdʒækpɒt-pɑːt/ noun [countable]1a large prize you can win in a LOTTERY (=a game of chance in which people buy tickets with numbers on)this week’s £3 million jackpot in the National Lottery2a large amount of profitGeneral Dynamics sees a potential jackpot in these new aircraft.3hit the jackpot if a person or organization hits the jackpot, they make a lot of money, or have a big successDu Pont chemists have hit the jackpot with this new fiber.Origin jackpot (1800-1900) → JACK12 + POT1; from a card game in which a player needs two jacks to begin
jack·pot nounChineseSyllable
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jackpot
jackpot /ˈdʒækpɒt $ -pɑːt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: jack1(2) + pot1; from a card game in which a player needs two jacks to begin
a large amount of money that you can win in a game that is decided by chance:
    a £50,000 jackpot
    jackpot winners
hit the jackpot at hit1(25)


jack·potBrE /ˈdʒækpɒt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒækpɑːt/ 🔊 nouna large amount of money that is the most valuable prize in a game of chance (在碰运气游戏中的)头奖,最高奖to win the jackpot得头奖jackpot winners头奖得主(figurative) United hit the jackpot (= were successful) with a 5–0 win over Liverpool. 联队以 5:0 狂胜利物浦队。🔊🔊