Tra từ lot - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.lot¹ S1 W1 /lɒt $ lɑːt/ BrE AmE pronoun, adverb
1. a lot (also lots informal) a large amount or number:
We’ve spent a lot on the children’s education.
‘How many CDs have you got?’ ‘Lots.’
a lot of
They paid a lot of money for that house.
I eat a lot of vegetables.
There were lots of people at the party.
an awful lot (also a whole lot informal) (=a very large amount or number)
He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
a lot to do/learn/say etc
I still have a lot to learn.
It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.
GRAMMAR
Use a singular verb if you are using a lot of or lots of before an uncountable noun, and a plural verb if you are using it before a plural noun:
▪ A lot of money was spent on it.
▪ A lot of people were killed.

► Do not say 'lot of' or 'a lots of'.

► Do not use a lot of with 'years’ or 'days’. Say many years/days or a long time.
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A lot is fairly informal and lots is informal. In written English, use many followed by a plural noun, or a large amount followed by an uncountable noun:
▪ This was unpopular for a lot of reasons. ➔ This was unpopular for many reasons.
▪ | They spent a lot of money. ➔ They spent a large amount of money.
2. a lot (also lots informal) if someone or something is a lot better, faster, easier etc, they are much better, faster etc SYN much:
My headache’s lots better, thanks.
She has a lot more contact with clients these days.
You’ll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway.
The house is a lot tidier now Chris has left home.
3. a lot used to say that something happens to a great degree or often:
Things have changed a lot since I was a child.
Paul travels a lot on business.
I’ve been worrying a lot about my health.
She likes you a lot.
4. have a lot on your plate informal to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do
5. have a lot on your mind to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:
‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’
6. have a lot on British English to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time:
I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.
⇨ thanks a lot at ↑thanks¹(1), ⇨ a fat lot of good/use at ↑fat¹(5), ⇨ have a lot to answer for at ANSWER FOR(2)
II.lot² S2 BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: hlot 'object used for making a choice by chance']
1. GROUP OF PEOPLE/THINGS [countable] a group of people or things considered together:
Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
lot of
The last lot of people offered £70,000.
I did three lots of exams last summer.
Come on, you lot, hurry up!
His friends are a strange lot.
2. the lot especially British English the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc:
We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot.
I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).
the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us)
Shut up, the lot of you!
3. SB’S SITUATION [singular] your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better:
She seems happy enough with her lot.
The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
4. LAND [countable] especially American English an area of land used for building on or for another purpose:
the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
a used-car lot ⇨ ↑parking lot
5. FILM [countable] a building and the land surrounding it where films are made SYN studio:
the Universal Studios lot
6. THING TO BE SOLD [countable] something, or a group of things, that is sold at an ↑auction:
Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
7. CHOOSING
a) by lot if someone is chosen by lot, several people each take a piece of paper or an object from a container, and the person who is chosen is the one who gets a particular marked paper or object:
In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot.
b) draw/cast lots to choose something or someone by lot:
We drew lots to decide who should go first.
8. throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something to join or support someone or something, and accept that what happens to them will affect what happens to you:
In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies.
⇨ bad lot at ↑bad¹(21), ⇨ a job lot at ↑job(17)

lothu

◎	[lɔt]
※	danh từ
	■	thăm, việc rút thăm; sự chọn bằng cách rút thăm
		☆	to cast lots
			rút thăm, bóc thăm
		☆	to choose by lot
			chọn bằng cách rút thăm
		☆	the lot fell on him
			rút thăm trúng anh ấy
	■	phần do rút thăm định; phần tham gia
		☆	to have neither part nor lot in
			không dính dáng gì vào
	■	số, phận, số phận, số mệnh
		☆	he has thrown (cast) in his lot with us
			nó muốn cùng chia sẻ số phận với chúng tôi
		☆	the lot falls to me to do something; it falls to me as my lot to do something
			cái số tôi phải làm cái gì
	■	mảnh, lô (đất)
		☆	a lot of ground
			một mảnh đất, một lô đất
		☆	parking lot
			khu đất đỗ xe, chỗ đỗ xe
	■	mớ, lô; (số nhiều) rất nhiều, vô số, hàng đống, hàng đàn
		☆	lot of woollens
			một lô hàng len
		☆	the lot
			cả lô, cả mớ, cả bọn
		☆	lots of friends
			rất nhiều bạn, hàng đống bạn
	〆	bad lot
		✓	(xem) bad
※	ngoại động từ
	■	chia ra làm nhiều phần, chia ra làm nhiều mảnh, chia ra làm nhiều lô (đất, hàng)
	■	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) trông mong, trông cậy (ở ai, cái gì)
		☆	to lot on (upon) somebody
			trông mong ở ai
※	đại từ
	■	a lot, lots số lượng lớn
		☆	how much money have you? -a lot
			anh có bao nhiêu tiền? - nhiều lắm
※	phó từ
	■	rất nhiều
		☆	I feel a lot better
			tôi cảm thấy khoẻ hơn rất nhiều