windfall
معنی فارسی
ميوه باد انداخته ميوه باد ريخته دولت غير مترقبه مال باد آورده
معنی کامل و مثالها
/wind´fôl´/n.
● (بهویژه میوهی افتاده ازدرخت) باد افکنده، پا درختی
● (پول یا موفقیت یا سود و غیره) بادآورده، غیرمنتظره
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Originally referred to fruit blown down from a tree by the wind, from 'wind' + 'fall'.
مثال
- The inheritance was an unexpected windfall.
- The lottery win was a huge windfall for the family.
- The windfall from the investment was unexpected.
ترکیبهای رایج
Unexpected windfall Sudden windfall Huge windfall
تعریف انگلیسی
- fruit that has fallen from the tree
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
مترادفها
noun
Godsend, unexpected gift, stroke of luck or good fortune, good luck, run of luck, piece of good fortune, piece of good luck.