raffle: [14] Raffle was originally the name of a game played with three dice; the modern application to a ‘prize draw’ did not emerge until the 18th century. The word was borrowed from Old French raffle ‘a(chǎn)ct of snatching’, but where this came from is not known.
raffle (n.)
late 14c., "dice game," from Old French rafle "dice game," also "plundering," perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch raffel "dice game," Old Frisian hreppa "to move," Old Norse hreppa "to reach, get," Swedish rafs "rubbish," Old High German raspon "to scrape together, snatch up in haste," German raffen "to snatch away, sweep off"), from Proto-Germanic *khrap- "to pluck out, snatch off." The notion would be "to sweep up (the stakes), to snatch (the winnings)." Dietz connects the French word with the Germanic root, but OED is against this. Meaning "sale of chances" first recorded 1766.
raffle (v.)
"dispose of by raffle," 1851, from raffle (n.). Related: Raffled; raffling.
雙語例句
1. Any more raffle tickets? Twenty-five pence each or five for a pound.
還有要買獎(jiǎng)券的嗎？每張25便士，1英鎊5張。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.
這筆款子是通過出售購物彩券籌集的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He won a car in the raffle.
他在兌獎(jiǎng)售物活動(dòng)中贏得了一輛汽車.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The star prize in the raffle is a holiday for two in Gran Canaria.
抽獎(jiǎng)活動(dòng)的最高獎(jiǎng)是大加那利島雙人度假游。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The draw for the raffle takes place on Saturday.