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单词 dooms
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doomsadv.

Brit. /duːmz/, U.S. /dumz/, Scottish English /dumz/
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably < doom n. Some have conjectured connection with Icelandic dáindis- pretty, rather, prefixed to adjectives and adverbs. Compare also done adv.
Scottish.
Very, exceedingly.
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1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 186 It was not sae dooms likely that he would go down into battle wi' sick sma' means.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 200 I wasna that dooms stupid.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 20 My case is dooms hard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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