| 单词 | curiouser and curiouser |
| 释义 | > as lemmascuriouser and curiouser c. curiouser and curiouser, more and more curious; increasingly strange. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > abnormal [phrase] > increasingly strange curiouser and curiouser1865 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ii. 15 ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). 1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xv. 167 ‘I formed the opinion..that Mr. Gowan had..not departed from Kirkcudbright on the Monday evening..but that he had remained concealed in his own house.’.. ‘Curiouser and curiouser,’ said Wimsey. 1939 M. Allingham Mr. Campion & Others i. ix. 203 ‘Perhaps it wasn't empty then?’ ‘In that case it's curiouser and curiouser.’ 1970 Guardian 31 Dec. 8/1 The ways of film companies become curiouser and curiouser. < as lemmas |
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