also jack-pot, "big prize," 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from jack (n.) in the card-playing sense + pot (n.1). Earlier, in criminal slang, it meant "trouble," especially "an arrest" (1902).
The regular Draw-Poker game is usually varied by occasional Jack-Pots, which are played once in so many deals, or when all have refused to play, or when the player deals who holds the buck, a marker placed in the pool with every jack-pot. In a jack-pot each player puts up an equal stake and receives a hand. The pot must then be opened by a player holding a hand of the value of a pair of knaves (jacks) or better. If no player holds so valuable a hand the deal passes and each player adds a small sum to the pot or pool. When the pot is opened the opener does so by putting up any sum he chooses, within the limit, and his companions must pay in the same amount or "drop." They also possess the right to raise the opener. The new cards called for are then dealt and the opener starts the betting, the play proceeding as in the regular game. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11th ed., 1911, "Poker." The article notes "Jack-Pots were introduced about 1870."]
双语例句
1. A nurse won the £5 million jackpot.
一个护士赢得了500万英镑的头奖。
来自柯林斯例句
2. to win the jackpot
得头奖
来自《权威词典》
3. This guy won a million - dollar jackpot on a game show.
这家伙在一场比赛中赢得了一百万美元的奖金.
来自超越目标英语 第4册
4. What about those lucky few who do win a lottery jackpot?
那些少数幸运赢得彩票头彩奖金的人 呢 ?
来自互联网
5. The jackpot can be yours if you pick the six winning numbers.
