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单词 skosh
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Definition of skosh in English:

skosh

noun skəʊʃskōSH
US informal
  • A small amount; a little.

    the car could do with a skosh more room in the back
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The market was down over 100 points several times today (but just a skosh) and wound up down 80.
    • I'd almost say Cap… But DD has inched it out by the tiniest of skoshes.
    • No problem, Natasha - in fact, if you can figure out a decent recipe in skoshes and pinches, I can deal with it.
    • Wigfield was very funny last night, but the teeniest skosh of a disappointment (to me).

Origin

1950s: from Japanese sukoshi.

 
 

Definition of skosh in US English:

skosh

nounskōSH
US informal
  • A small amount; a little.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The market was down over 100 points several times today (but just a skosh) and wound up down 80.
    • Wigfield was very funny last night, but the teeniest skosh of a disappointment (to me).
    • No problem, Natasha - in fact, if you can figure out a decent recipe in skoshes and pinches, I can deal with it.
    • I'd almost say Cap… But DD has inched it out by the tiniest of skoshes.

Phrases

  • a skosh

    • informal Somewhat; slightly.

      it's a skosh more formal than one might like
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But surely they could have found someone just a skosh more intimidating to play ‘Drake’ aka Dracula.
      • Alec Baldwin looks a skosh too male-model handsome as the rough-and-tumble Robicheaux.
      • But no matter how wonderful everything is, there's always one little thing that could have made things just a skosh more perfect, isn't there?
      • It's a skosh more resonant than you'd expect, but still pretty thin and static.
      • The transfer is of the same quality as the theatrical cut on the single-disc DVD, perhaps a skosh better.
      • It was a skosh stressful, but very successful and productive on the work front.
      • Having taken a skosh more love than he's made, Judge Steve Evans fears instant Karma is going to get him.
      • And I'm just a skosh worried that taxing power to fund squirrel education or mollusk abatement programs might be added onto my ISP bill.
      • Today I tried on my black slacks, and they are just a skosh too tight.
      • It's a vertical row; I sort of needed it to be a skosh wider.

Origin

1950s: from Japanese sukoshi.

 
 
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