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Deffo is a very informal way of saying definitely. You use it when you want to sound sure, casual, and friendly: you’ll deffo come, that’s deffo the one, I’m deffo not going. It is mainly British (and you also hear it in Australian English). Young people say it in chat, in texts, and in relaxed talk. It can work like an adverb (“I’ll deffo be there”) or, more loosely, like an adjective (“That’s deffo true”). It is playful on purpose — the , almost cute shape is the point. You would not write it in an exam, an email to a teacher, or any careful piece of work. There, the full word is definitely. Americans more often say definitely, or other slang; deffo will sound British.
一定、絕對(英式口語,等於 definitely)
組成From definitely or definite + the slangy ending -o.
同家族的字
- definitelythe full, standard word deffo shortens
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
deffoadj/ˈdɛfəʊ/
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Definite.
- I know for certain they′re not speaking to each other, that′s for deffo, not that I′ve even seen them in the same room over the last week to confirm their silence.
- ‘An infection. Nothing serious. They′ll have some colour in them soon, for deffo.’
deffoadv/ˈdɛfəʊ/
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Definitely.
- He told me that he's deffo going to be there tonight.
- And I deffo don′t believe in me, cos I′m a proper knobhead, aren′t I, and always have been.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。