fluke /ˈfluk/
 (vt.)(vi.)僥倖成功錨爪,比目魚,僥倖,倒楣


 fluke /ˈfluk/ 名詞
 吸蟲


 Fluke n.
 1. Zool. The European flounder.  See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk.]
 3. Zool. A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers.  Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.


 Fluke n.
 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
 2. Zool. One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
 4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.]


 Fluke v. t. & i.  [imp. & p. p. Fluked p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking ] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang]

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 fluke
      n 1: a stroke of luck [syn: good luck, good fortune]
      2: a barb on a harpoon or arrow
      3: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: flue]
      4: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
      5: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to
         a host [syn: trematode, trematode worm]