a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize
对奖式集资,抽彩集资。
offer (something) as a prize in such a draw
把(某物)作为抽彩奖品提供抽签)给奖。
〈方〉 垃圾,废物
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the raffle of the yard below. 下面院子里的垃圾。
" late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.late Middle English (in the sense ‘rabble, riff-raff’): perhaps from Old French