- 1極度的、非常的(美式舊說法,語氣偏重、帶點不耐煩)
All- means completely, or very much — but only when you think the quality has gone too far. Don't be so all- sure: you are far too sure of yourself. It is old American talk, a bit country, a bit sharp, sometimes a bit funny. Younger people almost never say it now; it lives in old stories and in a few older speakers. It can sit before a describing word (all- stubborn) or work like a how-word (all- quickly). People probably said it instead of hell-, so it would sound less rude — a softer stand-in for a curse. Though actually it still carries a little heat: you are not calmly saying very; you are a bit fed up with how extreme the thing is. It is not about losing a job, and it is not the same as up ( and ready).
From the word’s history
Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.
可能是 hell-fired 的委婉說法。
組成Probably a milder form of hell-fired: people swapped hell for all so the word would sound less rude.
同家族的字
- hellfireall-fired is a softer stand-in for the older curse hell-fired
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
all-firedadj
- 1
informalExtreme, excessive.
- It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
all-firedadv
- 1
informalExtremely, thoroughly, very.
- Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart.
- Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious.
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