LUCKYとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 lukky, equivalent to luck +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).

発音

• enPR: lŭkʹē, IPA: /ˈlʌki/
• 韻: -ʌki

形容詞

lucky (comparative luckier or more lucky, superlative luckiest or most lucky)

1. (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

   Synonyms: fortunate, successful; see also Thesaurus:lucky

   a lucky adventurer

   The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.

   • 1872, Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see‎, page 149:

     I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.

   • 1989, “Under the Sea”, in Howard Ashman (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), The Little Mermaid:

     They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

   • 2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.

2. Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

   Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, favorable, fortunate; see also Thesaurus:auspicious

   a lucky mistake

   a lucky cast

   a lucky hour

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17:

     A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket.

派生語

名詞

lucky

1. (bingo) seven