almost

名词 n. 副词 adv.
/ˈɔːl.məʊst/|/ɔːlˈməʊst/    /ˈɔl.moʊst/|/ˈɑl.moʊst/|/ˈoʊ.moʊst/|/ˈoːlməʉst/|[ˈoːɫməʉst]|[ˈoːwməʉst]|/əʉməʉst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something or someone that doesn't quite make it. informal
    — In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
副词 adv.
  1. Very close to, but not quite. not-comparable
    — Almost all people went there.
  2. Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). not-comparable
    — almost all
  3. Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).; Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0. not-comparable
    — almost everywhere

词形变化

aulmos alternative,Jamaica almosts plural aulmos alternative,Jamaica

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *maiz
Proto-Germanic *maistaz
Proto-Germanic *maist
Proto-West Germanic *maist
Old English mǣst
Old English eallmǣst
Middle English almost
English almost
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *maiz
Proto-Germanic *maistaz
Proto-Germanic *maist
Proto-West Germanic *maist
Old English mǣst
Old English eallmǣst
Middle English almost
English almost
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
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