- 1大量、極多、應有盡有（要放在名詞後面）
You use galore when there is a lot of something — a lot, almost more than you need. Though actually, it does not sit where most describing words sit. You cannot say galore food, and you cannot say a galore of prizes. It comes after the thing: food galore, prizes galore, bargains galore. It feels playful, a little old, the kind of word you see on a poster or hear from someone happy about how much there is. It is not a cold counting word like many. It has a “look how much!” feeling. People do not use it in very serious writing, and you almost never put it in front of a noun.
組成English borrowed this from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, meaning something like “until there is enough” or “plenty”. Go / gu meant “to” or “until”, from an older word that also meant “with”. Leor meant “enough”.
原始詞典資料4 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。
Galorename
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A locality in the Narrandera council area and the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
galoreadj/ɡəˈlɔː/
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In abundance.
- After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.
- […]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
galorenoun/ɡəˈlɔː/
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archaicAn abundance; plenty.
- The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.^([sic – meaning exhilaration])
- I have got the Innishowen and galores of bread and cheese ready, and all the neighbours are to join us.
galoreadv/ɡəˈlɔː/
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In abundance.
- "Nice stuff, water; eh, Nora?" he remarked, complying. "Why don't you file it away a lot?" she demanded, pointing to the slight incision he had made. "I want to wallow in it galore."
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