a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not because of planning or skill 侥幸;偶然;意外 They are determined to show that their last win was no fluke. 他们决心证明上一次的胜利绝非侥幸。 - fluke that…
It was a sheer fluke that I happened to pick the winning number. 我碰巧选择了中奖号码,纯属侥幸。 a fluke goal 偶然的进球
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally a term in games such as billiards denoting ‘a lucky stroke’): perhaps a dialect word.