Значение

значений: 4
  1. (также, атрибутивное, исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.

    Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.

    whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all

  2. (также, атрибутивное, шире, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Whatever is available in a particular situation.

  3. (США, также, атрибутивное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.

  4. (также, атрибутивное, исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.

Примеры

предложений: 10
  1. Tom is having a potluck dinner.

  2. Tom is having a potluck party.

  3. Tom and Mary are having a potluck.

  4. They brought two dishes to the potluck.

  5. Benedito's salad is a hit at every potluck.

Переводы

языков: 1

Происхождение

From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consi

From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”) is unlikely to have been influenced by potlatch.

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Формы

мн. число: potlucks
Ед. числоpotluck
Мн. числоpotlucks

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Синонимы

синонимов: 1

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 2
Производныеpotluck dinnertake potluck

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