英和和英

語源

From fluke +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfluːki/
• 韻: -uːki

形容詞

flukey (comparative more flukey, superlative most flukey)

1. Lucky.
   • 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 June 2018:

     For once, at a World Cup finals England could enjoy themselves, cut loose, score a bucket-load of goals, and giggle at the fact that Harry Kane’s hat-trick goal that makes him the tournament top goalscorer was a flukey deflection off his heel.

2. Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes.

   We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.

同意語

• (lucky): jammy

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