Tra từ luck - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

luck [luck lucks lucked lucking] noun, verb BrE [lʌk] NAmE [lʌk]
noun uncountable
1. good things that happen to you by chance, not because of your own efforts or abilities
•With (any) luck, we'll be home before dark.
• (BrE)With a bit of luck, we'll finish on time.
• So far I have had no luck with finding a job.
•I could hardly believe my luck when he said yes.
•It was a stroke of luck that we found you.
•By sheer luck nobody was hurt in the explosion.
•We wish her luck in her new career.
•You're in luck (= lucky) — there's one ticket left.
•You're out of luck. She's not here.
•What a piece of luck!
•The only goal of the match came more by luck than judgement.
•Finally my luck ran out and they caught me trying to climb the outer wall.
•She dared not trust to luck that nobody would see her.
see also ↑beginner's luck
2. chance; the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people
Syn: ↑fortune
•to have good/bad luck
• I put the loss of the money down to pure bad luck.
see also ↑hard-luck story
more at hard luck/lines at ↑hard _adj., pot luck at ↑pot _n., to push your luck at ↑push _v., tough luck at ↑tough _adj., try your luck at ↑try _v., worse luck at ↑worse _adj.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch lucken. The noun use (late 15th cent.) is from Middle Low German lucke, related to Dutch geluk, German Glück, of West Germanic origin and possibly related to ↑lock (verb).

Thesaurus:
luck noun U
•It was sheer luck that we met like that.
chance • • coincidence • • accident • • fortune • • fate • • destiny • |formal providence •
by …luck/chance/coincidence/accident
bring sb good/bad luck/fortune
have the… luck/fortune to do sth

Synonyms:
luck
chance • coincidence • accident • fate • destiny
These are all words for things that happen or the force that causes them to happen.
luck • the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people: ▪ This ring has always brought me good luck.
chance • the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand: ▪ The results could simply be due to chance.
coincidence • the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way: ▪ They met through a series of strange coincidences.
accident • something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance: ▪ Their early arrival was just an accident.
fate • the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed: ▪ Fate decreed that she would never reach America.
destiny • the power that is believed to control events: ▪ I believe there's some force guiding us— call it God, destiny or fate.
fate or destiny?
Fate can be kind, but this is an unexpected gift; just as often, fate is cruel and makes people feel helpless. Destiny is more likely to give people a sense of power: people who have a strong sense of destiny usually believe that they are meant to be great or do great things.
by …luck/chance/coincidence/accident
It's no coincidence/accident that…
pure/sheer luck/chance/coincidence/accident
to believe in luck/coincidences/fate/destiny

Example Bank:
•By a stroke of luck I came across it in a local bookshop.
•By ill luck, my flight had been cancelled.
•By sheer luck we managed to get out in time.
•Don't push your luck!
•He couldn't believe his luck when the other candidate for the job withdrew.
•He went on gambling, sure his luck was about to change.
•I always carry it with me, just for luck.
•I decided to try my luck at the roulette wheel.
•I don't know why I did so well— it must be beginner's luck.
•I had hoped there would be another train, but I was out of luck.
•I haven't had much luck recently.
•I thought I was going to miss the train but luck was on my side.
•I wished her luck for the future.
•If our luck holds, we should win.
•If you didn't win a prize, better luck next time.
•It looks as though our luck's finally run out.
•It was rotten luck to be ill on the day of the interview.
•It was sheer luck that we met like that.
•Just my luck to get the broken chair!
•More bad luck struck last week.
•This ring has always brought me good luck.
•We rode our luck towards the end of the game.
•With luck, we'll get there before it closes.
•You make your own luck in business.
•You're in luck— there are just two tickets left.
•In the movie they play two jazz musicians who are down on their luck.
•It was his hard luck that he wasn't chosen.
•It's not something I would care to try myself but if she wants to, good luck to her.
•My grandparents emigrated to Canada to try their luck there.
•Never mind— better luck next time.
•To a large extent the life you have depends on who your parents were; it's just the luck of the biological draw.
Idioms: ↑any luck? ▪ ↑as luck would have it ▪ bad/hard luck ▪ ↑best of luck ▪ ↑better luck next time ▪ ↑down on your luck ▪ ↑for luck ▪ ↑good luck ▪ ↑good luck to somebody ▪ ↑just my luck ▪ ↑luck of the draw ▪ ↑no such luck ▪ ↑your luck is in
Derived: ↑luck out

verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch lucken. The noun use (late 15th cent.) is from Middle Low German lucke, related to Dutch geluk, German Glück, of West Germanic origin and possibly related to ↑lock (verb).