喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 so ... that (degree and result) · sol-fa note (sol)

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so

conj, r

核心畫面

Think of 'so' as a pointing hand meaning 'to THIS degree / in THIS way'. It points at a level, manner, or fact already in view — 'this much', 'this way', 'this is true' — and from that pointing it stretches into intensity ('so big'), result ('so big that it broke'), standing for a whole idea ('I think so'), and discourse moves that point back at what was just said ('So?', 'So, ...').

可以把 so 想成一隻指著某個程度或方式的手，意思像「到『這個』地步」「用『這種』方式」。它總是指向眼前已經存在的某…更多收起可以把 so 想成一隻指著某個程度或方式的手，意思像「到『這個』地步」「用『這種』方式」。它總是指向眼前已經存在的某個量、某種樣子、或某件事實——「這麼多」「就這樣」「確實如此」——然後從這個「指」延伸出去：指向強度（so big＝這麼大）、指向結果（so big that＝大到…）、用一個字代替整句剛講過的話（I think so＝我這樣認為），甚至在對話裡回指剛剛說的內容（So?＝那又怎樣）。

A second word, same spelling

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so

n

核心畫面

Quite separate from the 'so': this is a name for a musical pitch. Think of the 'do–re–mi' singing ladder — 'so' (also spelled 'sol') is simply the fifth rung you sing on the way up the scale.

這個 so 跟當連接詞的 so 完全是兩回事，可以想成唱歌時的「Do–Re–Mi」音階階梯：so（也寫作 sol）就…更多收起這個 so 跟當連接詞的 so 完全是兩回事，可以想成唱歌時的「Do–Re–Mi」音階階梯：so（也寫作 sol）就是往上唱到的第五階那個音，純粹是個音名。

原始詞典資料38 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。

Sonoun詞源 1

  • 1

    A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.

Soname詞源 3/soʊ/

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    A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

soconj詞源 1/səʊ/

  • 1

    As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

    • I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.
    • He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.
  • 2

    Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

    • So how does this story end?
  • 3

    Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

    • “We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”
  • 4

    archaicProvided that; on condition that; as long as.

    • Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’ Launce. It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk.
    • As we cal money not onely that which is true and good, but also the false; so it be currant.

soadv詞源 1/səʊ/

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    To the (explicitly stated) extent.

    • It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
    • He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
  • 2

    To the (implied) extent.

    • I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
    • We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • 3

    Very (positive or negative clause).

    • I feel so much better now.
    • I so nearly lost my temper.
  • 4

    Very much.

    • But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
    • Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust.
  • 5

    informalVery much.

    • That is so not true!
  • 6

    In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.

    • As above, so below.
    • Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.  Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.  "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."
  • 7

    Indeed.

    • ‘Look, it’s just stopped raining.’ ‘So it has!’
    • ‘There are two more.’ ‘So there are.’
  • 8

    To such an extent or degree; as.

    • so far as;  so long as;  so much as

soadj詞源 1/səʊ/

  • 1

    Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.

    • That is so.
    • You are responsible for this, is that not so?
  • 2

    In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

    • "You're definitely not right about that." "I am so!" (→I am right about that).
    • If this separation was painful to all parties, it was most so to Martha.
  • 3

    datedslangHomosexual.

    • Is he so?

sointj詞源 1/səʊ/

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    Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.

    • So, let's go home.
    • So, what'll you have?
  • 2

    Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.

    • "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"
  • 3

    Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.

    • What are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf.
    • What time does the train leave? / So it leaves at 10 o'clock.
  • 4

    archaicBe as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

sopron詞源 1/səʊ/

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    That which was previously mentioned; that.

    • I'll become a loyal friend and remain so.
    • If that's what you really mean, then just say so.

sonoun詞源 3

  • 1

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

  • 2

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

sonoun詞源 4

  • 1

    A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.

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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。