英语词汇hit the jackpot的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hit the jackpot. The “progressive jack pot” in draw poker has been explained as follows: “If a pot is not opened on the first deal, the opening hand for the next deal increases from jacks or better [to open], to queens or better . . . on the second deal . . . from queens, or better, to kings, or better . . .” Since the players bet on each hand until someone can open, the pot can grow larger than usual, which led to large pots in poker being called jackpots. From poker the word passed into general usage, first recorded in a nonpoker use in 1884 and subsequently employed in phrases like to hit the jackpot, “to have great luck,” first attest- ed in 1944, but probably older.

词汇	hit the jackpot
词源	hit the jackpot. The “progressive jack pot” in draw poker has been explained as follows: “If a pot is not opened on the first deal, the opening hand for the next deal increases from jacks or better [to open], to queens or better . . . on the second deal . . . from queens, or better, to kings, or better . . .” Since the players bet on each hand until someone can open, the pot can grow larger than usual, which led to large pots in poker being called jackpots. From poker the word passed into general usage, first recorded in a nonpoker use in 1884 and subsequently employed in phrases like to hit the jackpot, “to have great luck,” first attest- ed in 1944, but probably older.
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