单词 | something awful |
释义 | > as lemmassomething awful something awful: to an extreme or striking extent or degree; very much, thoroughly, totally. Cf. something rotten at rotten adj., n., and adv. Phrases 6, something adv. 2c. ΚΠ 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks i. v. 58 Then another time, when I was goin' past the charthouse I sees him kneelin', and he groaned somethin' awful. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell in Plays Pleasant 211 Gentleman: Did you howl? The Young Lady: Oh, something awful. 1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These v. 121 Her father had once caught her with a boy at the back of their house and sworn at him something awful and given her a belting. 2000 Sunday Express (Nexis) 5 June Oh, give over the pair of you. My back's at it again somethin' awful. < as lemmas |
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