Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sweepstakes \Sweep"stakes`\, n.
1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
[1913 Webster]
2. sing. or pl. The whole money or other things staked at a
horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all
of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several,
as may be previously agreed.
[1913 Webster]
3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweepstakes
n 1: a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by
the participants
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แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
