quite
名词 n.
副词 adv.
感叹词 intj.
英 /kwaɪt/
美 /kwaɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
副词 adv.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; With verbs, especially past participles.
— Thus when they had the witch diſrobed quight, / And all her filthy feature open ſhowne, / They let her goe at will, and wander waies vnknowne.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
— Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; With predicative adjectives.
— El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
— When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
— I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as [Charles] Churchill had attacked him violently.
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To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.; With adverbs of manner.
— However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.
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In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
— "My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it?" "Quite a perfect success," said Drake.
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In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
— “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. / Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. / “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
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In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
— Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.
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In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
— To debauch the Indians with rum and cheat them of their land was quite a Government affair, and not at all criminal; but to use rum to cheat them of their peltry, was an abomination in the sight of the law.
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In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
— It's not quite the colour I am looking for.
- In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.; With prepositional or adverbial phrases.
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To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
— Mind your shoes, the basement is quite wet.
感叹词 intj.
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Indicates agreement; exactly so.
— “That's a rather ugly colour for a house, don't you think?” — “Quite.”
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).
词源 2
From Spanish quite.
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