[mass noun](chiefly historical)the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection (主史)抽签占卜;抓阄占卜
语源
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium 'sorcery', from Latin sortilegus 'sorcerer', from Latin sors, sort- 'lot, chance' + legere 'choose'