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单词 holus-bolus
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holus-bolusadv.

/ˈhəʊləsˈbəʊləs/
Etymology: Of dialect origin: apparently a mock-latinization of ‘whole bolus’, or of an assumed Greek ὅλος βῶλος ‘whole lump’.
All at a gulp; all in a lump; all at once.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb] > in an undivided manner > as a single piece or lump
holus-bolus1847
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Holus-bolus, all at once. Linc.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 22 As we say in the Vale, ‘holus-bolus’ just as it comes.
1866 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 3/3 One of the sails was rolled up in a lump and thrown into the hatchway holusbolus.
1868 W. Collins Moonstone I. i. xv. 257 She..making a sudden snatch at the heap of silver, put it back, holus-bolus, in her pocket.
1892 J. Morley Speech in Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 6/3 Swallowing every proposal that is made holus bolus.
1897 Sat. Rev. 20 Mar. 282/2 Mr. Balfour simply decided that the Bill must go through holus bolus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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