Word · Frequency #15234
windfall
被风吹落的果子
核心释义
fruit that has fallen from a tree
- 1.
被风吹落的东西
Something that has been blown down by the wind.
- 2.
从树上掉落的果实
fruit that has fallen from the tree
- 3.
被风吹落的行为
The act of something being blown down by wind.
- 4.
意外的收获(如突然的赚钱机会)
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- 5.
因自然原因从树上掉落的果实
A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
- 6.
意外之财；尤指突然或意外得到的大笔金钱,如彩票中奖、意外继承或礼物。
A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
被风吹落的东西；从树上掉落的果实；被风吹落的行为；意外的收获(如突然的赚钱机会)；因自然原因从树上掉落的果实
用法In use
After the storm, we collected the windfalls from under the apple tree to make cider.
用法提示：windfall 作可数名词，指被风吹落的果子。
The children were told not to eat any windfalls from the orchard until they had been washed.
用法提示：这里 windfalls 是 windfall 的复数形式，仍指被风吹落的果子。
She picked up a windfall that had dropped from the old cherry tree.
用法提示：windfall 作名词，意为被风吹落的果子。
receive/get a windfall
windfall 常指意外得到的一笔钱。
She received a windfall from her late uncle's estate.
她从已故叔叔的遗产中得到一笔横财。
windfall profit/tax
windfall 作定语，修饰 profit、tax 等词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- windfall profit
- 意外利润；暴利
- The company made a windfall profit from the sudden rise in oil prices.公司因油价突然上涨而获得了意外利润。
- windfall tax
- 暴利税
- The government introduced a windfall tax on energy companies.政府对能源公司开征暴利税。
- unexpected windfall
- 意外之财
- The prize money was an unexpected windfall for the young athlete.这笔奖金对这位年轻运动员来说是一笔意外之财。
- windfall apples
- 被风吹落的苹果
- We gathered windfall apples to make cider.我们捡被风吹落的苹果来做苹果酒。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：wind（风）+fall（落下）——风吹落的果子白捡，就是意外的横财。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、财经讨论、日常口语 windfall 原指被风吹落的果实，现代英语中更常用来比喻意外之财或意外的好运。它属于中性词汇，正式和日常场合都能使用，但在书面语和财经类语境中较为常见；日常口语中用起来会稍显正式，可根据场合灵活选择。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with -all (fall, call, hall, tall, wall, ball) rhyme with the -fall in windfall: they all have the /-ɔl/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes like windmill /ˈwɪndˌmɪl/ and windshield /ˈwɪndˌʃiːld/, which share the wind- prefix but have a different final vowel.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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