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Late Sense English Recorded 134.Too 英 Tuː]美 Tu

正面 134.too
英 [tuː]美 [tu]

背面
释义:
adv. 太;也;很;还;非常;过度
例句:
1. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.他的手没劲儿,扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。

1. late => last.2. last其实是late的最高级latest的简化变体. 所以其含义自然也就一目了然、显而易见了。
too 也来自 to 的强调形式。
tootoo: [16] Too is historically the same word as to, but the two were not differentiated orthographically until the 16th century. The sense ‘also’ comes from the notion of addition implicit in putting something ‘to’ something else; and ‘addition’ led on to ‘excess’.=> totoo (adv.)"in addition, in excess," late Old English, stressed variant of Old English preposition to "in the direction of, furthermore" (see to). The spelling with -oo is from late 16c. Use after a verb, for emphasis (as in did, too!) is attested from 1914. German zu unites the senses of English to and too. Slang too-too "excessive in social elegance" first recorded 1881. Too much is from 1530s as "more than can be endured;" sense of "excellent" first recorded 1937 in jazz slang."

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