单词 | most |
释义 | Word Frequency most(məʊst) determiner 1. a. a great majority of; nearly all most people like eggs b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) most of them don't know most of it is finished 2. the most 3. at most 4. for the most part 5. make the most of 6. than most 7. the most adverb ▶ USAGE More and most should be distinguished when used in comparisons. More applies to cases involving two persons, objects, etc, most to cases involving three or more8. the most 9. the superlative of much people welcome a drink most after work 10. (intensifier) a most absurd story 11. US and Canadian informal or dialect almost most every town in this state Word origin Old English māst or mǣst, whence Middle English moste, mēst; compare Old Frisian maest, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestrWord Frequency -mostsuffix forming the superlative degree of some adjectives and adverbs hindmost uppermost Word origin Old English -mǣst, -mest, originally a superlative suffix, later mistakenly taken as derived from mǣst (adv) most |
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