单词 | mo and mo |
释义 | > as lemmasmo and mo mo and mo: increasingly.extracted from moadv.1pron.1n.1adj.1mo and mo ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase mo and moOE crescendo1785 spiral1931 escalation1938 spiralling1944 snowballing1966 OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 300 Þu gaderast ma & ma, & menn cwelað hungre, & þine welan forrotiað ætforan þinum eagum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9120 Auer þer comen ma & ma and ferden tow[w]ard Octa. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3421 (MED) Vor hor ost euere wax, þer come euere mo & mo. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 2550 (MED) Euere þer stood vp moo and moo. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 707/1 Sythe we used to scourge beggars out of towne, we have ever sythe had mo and mo. 1644 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1950) II. 381 A great part quhairof hes alreddie removed thameselffis and daylie mae and mae ar quytting the toune. < as lemmas |
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