hit the jackpot
常用于比喻意外的成功。
After years of hard work, she finally hit the jackpot with her invention.
经过多年努力，她终于凭借发明获得了巨大的成功。
头奖；累积奖金；大奖
jackpots — plural of jackpot
大收获；意外的好运；一种接球游戏；（弹珠游戏中的）累积奖励分；木料堆；柴堆；累积的奖金池,直到满足条件才能赢得
A prize pot that grows as people play or buy tickets and is awarded when certain conditions are met; also a very large cash prize.
累积的奖金池,直到满足条件才能赢得
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
砍伐木材的杂乱堆
A jumble of felled timber.
游戏中的累积金额(如扑克)
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
一大笔现金奖励或金钱
A large cash prize or money.
任何杰出的奖项
any outstanding award
意外的横财或奖励
An unexpected windfall or reward.
地表木材或燃料的堆积
A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
大量累积的点数奖励,最初需长时间操作获得,现常可在多球模式中轻松获得
A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
一种球类游戏,投掷者喊出分值及球是否需“活”(空中接住)或“死”(触地后接住),一组接球者竞争接球
A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.
The jackpot for tonight's lottery is estimated at twenty million dollars.
今晚彩票的头奖估计高达两千万美元。
用法提示：jackpot 作名词，指彩票中累积的头奖奖金。
He won the jackpot after buying a single scratch card.
他买了一张刮刮卡就赢了大奖。
用法提示：jackpot 作名词，指赌博或抽奖中的大奖。
The casino's jackpot grows every week until someone wins it.
这家赌场的大奖每周都累积，直到有人赢走为止。
用法提示：jackpot 作名词，指不断累积直至被赢取的奖金池。
常用于比喻意外的成功。
After years of hard work, she finally hit the jackpot with her invention.
经过多年努力，她终于凭借发明获得了巨大的成功。
字面意思，指赢得累积奖金。
He couldn't believe his luck when he won the jackpot at the casino.
当他在赌场赢得头奖时，他简直不敢相信自己的运气。
用于描述奖金额度。
The lottery offered a jackpot of $10 million.
彩票提供了1000万美元的头奖。
强调意外得到，不限于游戏或彩票；jackpot 更常指博彩/抽奖的累积奖金。
语气更强，指一下子带来的巨大收益或好运，常来自商机或资源。
指已赢得或赚到的钱，多用复数；jackpot 可指尚未赢得的累积奖金。
特指竞赛或评奖中的第一名；jackpot 不一定指名次，而是指累积的奖金。
较正式，常用于比赛、抽奖或促销活动；不强调累积过程。
grammar · medium
易错句子I jackpotted the lottery yesterday.
正确表达I hit the jackpot in the lottery yesterday.
jackpot是名词，不能用作动词。英语中表达赢得头奖要用固定短语hit the jackpot。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a jackpot from the store.
正确表达I bought a lottery ticket that could win the jackpot from the store.
jackpot指累积的奖金总额，不是彩票本身；不能说购买一个jackpot，应说购买可能赢得jackpot的彩票。
针对“jackpot”表示“大笔奖金/意外之财”的义项；“loss”侧重金钱或优势的丧失，与赢得头奖相对，但也可用于生意亏损等场景，并非仅指博彩。
针对“jackpot”表示“奖励/奖金”的义项；“penalty”指因违规而支付的罚款或受到的处罚，与奖励相反，但侧重惩罚性给付，不是单纯未中奖。
针对“jackpot”表示“意外好运/横财”的义项；“misfortune”指不幸运的遭遇，与意外之财相反，不强调金钱，而强调运气不佳。
windfall 强调意外获得的财富，不一定来自赌博；jackpot 则专指赌博或彩票的头奖。
bonanza 常指商业或资源开发中的巨额利润，而 jackpot 更常用于赌博或比喻式成功。
意外大获成功；发大财
She hit the jackpot when she found her dream apartment in the city center.
她在市中心找到了梦想的公寓，真是撞了大运。
赢得头奖；中大彩
He won the jackpot in the state lottery.
他中了州彩票的头奖。
累计奖金池；累进头奖
The slot machine offers a progressive jackpot that grows with every game.
这台老虎机提供的累计奖金池会随着每局游戏而增加。
彩票头奖
The lottery jackpot is up to fifty million dollars this week.
本周彩票头奖高达五千万美元。
头奖得主
The jackpot winner claimed the prize anonymously.
头奖得主匿名领取了奖金。
复合词：jack（纸牌J，扑克中开牌需一对J）+ pot（赌注总额/奖池）→ jackpot（累积奖池/头奖）。无前缀后缀。同词根/相关词：jack（J牌；千斤顶），pot（罐；锅；奖池），teapot（茶壶），flowerpot（花盆），potluck（百乐餐）。
通常指抽奖或博彩活动，jackpot 常见于彩票的头奖累积。
赌场设备，jackpot 常指老虎机累积的大奖。
指赢得 jackpot 后实际获得的奖金金额。
参与赌博或抽奖时投入的金额，可能赢取 jackpot。
指多次获胜累积的金额，与 jackpot 这类大奖相关。
大获成功；意外获得巨大收益
She hit the jackpot with her latest invention.
她最新的发明让她大获成功。
你中了大奖！(常用于表示意外地获得巨大成功或财富。)
When the publisher accepted her first novel, she knew she had hit the jackpot.
当出版社接受她的第一部小说时，她知道她中了大奖。
中奖啦！(在赌博或游戏中赢到大奖时兴奋地喊出。)
He pulled the lever and watched the reels spin until they stopped at three bars — "Jackpot!" he yelled.
他拉动拉杆，看着转轮转动，直到停在三个横条上——他大喊道：“中奖啦！”
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.