| 单词 | an awful lot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan awful lot a. Used to emphasize the extent or amount of something, esp. in an awful lot: a very large amount, a great deal.Originally with negative implications, but an awful lot is now also used neutrally and positively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme strangec1380 overpassinga1382 passinga1387 most?c1430 extremec1460 horriblea1464 violenta1500 mainc1540 immortal?c1550 exquisite1552 sore1555 three-piled1598 thundering1618 devilish1639 shrewda1643 deadly1660 woundy1681 vast1696 monstrous1711 mortal1716 terrific1743 hell-fired1754 hellish1764 colossal1794 severe1805 awful1818 all-fired1829 terrible1829 quare and1847 ferocious1877 pluperfect1889 raging1889 giddy1896 utter1898 stiff1905 1818 J. Keats Let. 27 Apr. (1958) I. 273 It is an awful while since you have heard from me. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 28 To what an awful extent the Spanish peasant..will consume garlic. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall i. 17 He's got an awful lot of money, an awful lot of conceit, an awful lot of funk, and the best stud of horses in the shire. 1966 T. Benn Diary July in Out of Wilderness (1987) 462 It takes an awful time to unwind after a week's work and I have nightmares in which I am required to see General de Gaulle about the future of Concorde. 2018 @Miralasymph 29 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 1 Oct. 2018) That's an awful lot of money for a drawing. < as lemmas |
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