windfall
windfall
英[ˈwɪndfɔ:l]美[ˈwɪndˌfɔl]
n.意外之财，意外的收获，被风吹落的果子；
复数：windfalls;
例句
Three hours later we are back in the kitchen hulling a heaping buggyload of windfall pecans.三小时后我们回到了厨房，开始给那满满一车风吹自落的山核桃去核。
Europe gave them away, which allowed polluters to make windfall profits.欧洲无偿发放配额, 结果却让排污企业赚得盆满钵满.
The water treatment was new, now , and Tom's low condition was a windfall to her.时下,水疗法是个新玩意, 正巧汤姆精神也不怎么样,这下可得了她的劲.
The windfall allowed me to buy a house.这意外之财使我得以购置一幢房子.
同义词
windfall的同义词之：
boon柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
意外之财;横财
A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery.
N-COUNT
被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.
英英词典释义
Noun
1. fruit that has fallen from the tree
2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);
"the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"行业词典
金融： 意外收获；意外利润；
