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单词 more
释义 more
I. \ˈmō(ə)r, ˈmȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English more, moore, mo, from Old English māra (adjective), (adjective & adverb & noun); Old English māra akin to Old High German mēro larger, Old Norse meiri larger, more, Gothic maiza greater, elder; Old English akin to Old High German mēr more, Old Norse meirr, Gothic mais; both Old English māra and Old English akin to Old Irish mōr, mār large, Greek enchesimōros fighting with a spear, Old Prussian muisieson more
1.
 a. archaic : superior in kind or degree
  < proceed in their coaches through the city for the more solemnity of it — John Evelyn >
 b. : superior in quality or intensity
  < the more fool you >
  < made for something more than a guerilla chieftain — H.E.Scudder >
 c. : superior in age : older
  < never seemed more in years than one of her own … brood — Della Lutes >
2. : additional, further
 < offered him more coffee >
 < are going to stake more billions on the future — C.F.Craig >
 < one more word and you'll go straight to your room >
3. : of a larger size or extent
 < for the more part … did not talk of ephemerae — Lucien Price >
4.
 a. : of a larger quantity or amount
  < the average high school senior does a lot more and a lot deeper thinking than his temperamental ways … suggest — Milton Lomask >
  < better democracy is more important than more democracy — Francis Biddle >
 b. : of a larger number
  < there are more ways than one to skin a cat >
  < the more students who need instruction … the greater the demand for my services — H.A.Burton >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English more, moore, mo, from Old English māre (from neuter of māra, adjective), (adjective & adverb & noun)
1.
 a. : beyond a previously indicated number, amount, or length of time : in addition
  < went to England a couple of times more — Maddy Vegtel >
  < what more could a speaker ask — B.F.Fairless >
  < the poor man's tired and old … and he hasn't much more to go — Lenard Kaufman >
 b. : in addition to points already enumerated : besides, moreover
  < more, Jefferson failed to anticipate the gigantic changes — J.P.Boyd >
2.
 a. : to a greater extent or degree
  < more as a measure of desperation than as one calculated to achieve victory — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich >
  — often used with adjectives and adverbs to form the comparative
  < some of her more remarkable sons and visitors — J.P.Marquand >
  < the more learned the writer … the harder it is — W.T.Jones >
  < ostensibly to guard the trains but more probably to relieve the fears of Washington — Eben Swift >
 b. : to a closer degree : nearer
  < the plover has more a lark's habits — Alwyn Lee >
  < the real rates are … more like 18 per thousand — B.K.Sandwell >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English more, moore, mo, from Old English māre (from neuter of māra, adjective), (adjective & adverb & noun)
1. : a larger portion or number
 < the more the merrier >
 < climb the more than four hundred steps — Budd Schulberg >
— often used with singular verb
 < more than one charge of discrimination was involved — New York Times >
2.
 a. : an additional number, amount, or length of time
  < it costs a little more but it's worth it >
 b. : something in addition to what has already been mentioned
  < what is more the gadget can be made to do lovely embossed patterns — Bertram Mycock >
 c. : further discussion
  < more on this topic later — G.A.Miller >
3. obsolete : one that is of superior rank
 < both more and less have given him the revolt — Shakespeare >
4. : something different or additional
 < water is no more than ice thawed by heat — Tobias Smollett >
IV. pronoun
Etymology: more (I)
1.
 a. : something superior or above average
  < more is expected of you >
 b. : something of greater importance or significance
  < his book is more than a guide — Geographical Journal >
  < there is more to prophecy than the knack of accurate forecasting — D.R.Weimer >
2. plural in construction : additional persons or things
 < more were found as the search continued >
V. \ˈmäə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English more, moru carrot, parsnip; akin to Old High German moraha carrot, Greek brakana wild vegetables, Russian morkov' carrot
dialect England : root, stump
VI. \ˈmō(ə)r\
archaic
variant of moor
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