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Attested 335.Already 英 ɔːl'redɪ]美 ɔl'rɛdi 释义 Adv 已经,早已;先前

正面 335.already
英 [ɔːl'redɪ]美 [ɔl'rɛdi]

背面
释义:
adv. 已经,早已;先前
例句:
1. He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew.他已经在略带霉味的床上睡着了。

1、creat- + -e.
already 已经来自复合词all ready.
already (adv.)c. 1300, compound of all + ready (adj.); literally "fully ready." Compare Norwegian, Danish allerede "already." Colloquial use in U.S. as a terminal emphatic (as in enough, already!) is attested from 1903, translating Yiddish shoyn, which is used in same sense. The pattern also is attested in Pennsylvania German and in South African."

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