English Dictionary

lucky dip

名詞

イギリス英語 広義 比喩的用法 慣用表現

(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.

日本語の意味

賞品が隠された容器から無作為に賞品を引き当てる形式のくじ引きゲーム（英国式）

At the school fair, the children crowded around the lucky dip, eager to pull out any prize.

学校のバザーで子どもたちは景品の入った福引きに群がり、どんな賞品が引けるかワクワクしていた。

意味（1）

(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.

意味（2）

(by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random.

2005 September, “Dome sale 'was like a lucky dip'”, in BBC News:

lucky dips （ plural ）