| 词组 | one-armed bandit |
| 释义 | one-armed bandit noun 1 a slot machine gambling device US, 1938. 2 a petrol pump. From a vague similarity in appearance to a fruit machine UK, 1981. 3 that part of an automatic warning system mounted in a diesel locomotive's cab UK, 1970 one-armed banditA slot machine designed for gambling in which you pull down a lever on one side that generates a random combination of three shapes, which may or may not award the player money depending on the combination received. After my wife lost her entire month's wages to the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City, we've decided to stay away from casinos altogether. one-armed banditA slot machine, as in It's amazing how many people think they can make money playing a one-armed bandit. This term refers to both appearance and function: the operating lever looks like an arm, and the machine in effect robs players, since it "wins" and keeps the player's money in an overwhelming majority of instances. [c. 1930] |
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