jackpot

大当たり、高額賞金

賞として獲得する、とても大きな額のお金。

やさしい英語で： A very large amount of money won as a prize.

• She won the jackpot.
• The jackpot paid for their new house.
• Two players shared a million-dollar jackpot.

類義語： grand prize

よく使う表現： win the jackpot, huge jackpot, jackpot winner

ジャックポット、積立賞金

決められた条件を満たした人が獲得するまで、増え続ける賞金。

やさしい英語で： Prize money that grows until someone wins it by meeting particular conditions.

• The jackpot keeps growing.
• Nobody won the jackpot last week.
• The lottery jackpot reached ten million pounds.

類義語： prize pool

よく使う表現： lottery jackpot, jackpot grows, win the jackpot

思わぬ幸運、大当たり

幸運によって得られる、予想外の成功や価値ある収穫。

やさしい英語で： An unexpected success or valuable reward that comes through good luck.

• We hit the jackpot with this hotel.
• Finding those old letters was a jackpot for the historian.
• Her search finally produced a jackpot of useful information.

類義語： windfall, bonanza

よく使う表現： hit the jackpot, unexpected jackpot

ジャックポット

ピンボールで獲得する、大量の追加得点。

やさしい英語で： A large bonus of points won in a pinball game.

• That shot earned a jackpot.
• Collect the jackpot before the ball drops.
• Several jackpots pushed her score past a million.

類義語： point bonus

よく使う表現： collect the jackpot, multiball jackpot, jackpot shot

大当たりを出す

スロットマシンが最高額の賞金を払い出す。

やさしい英語で： If a slot machine does this, it pays out its biggest prize.

• The machine might jackpot tonight.
• A machine jackpotted just as we walked past.
• Players cheered when the slot machine jackpotted.

類義語： pay out

よく使う表現： machine can jackpot, machine will jackpot