every
英['evr?]
美['?vri]
- adj. 每一的，每個的；每隔…的
- n. (Every)人名；(英)埃夫里
中文詞源
every 每一個
來自古英語aefre aelc的縮寫，字面意思即ever each.
英文詞源
- every
- every: [OE] Stripped down into its component parts, every means literally ‘ever each’. It was originally an Old English compound made up of ?fre ‘ever’ and ?lc ‘each’, in which basically the ‘ever’ was performing an emphasizing function; in modern English terms it signified something like ‘every single’, or, in colloquial American, ‘every which’. By late Old English times the two elements had fused to form a single word.
=> each, ever - every (adj.)
- early 13c., contraction of Old English ?fre ?lc "each of a group," literally "ever each" (Chaucer's everich), from each with ever added for emphasis. The word still is felt to want emphasis; as in Modern English every last ..., every single ..., etc.
Also a pronoun to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser. Compare everybody, everything, etc. The word everywhen is attested from 1843 but never caught on; neither did everyhow (1837). Slang phrase every Tom, Dick, and Harry "every man, everyone" dates from at least 1734, from common English given names.
雙語例句
- 1. Someone comes in every day to check all is in order.
- 每天都有人來檢查是否一切都井然有序。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You should wash your feet and your privates every day.
- 應該每天洗腳，并清洗陰部。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Naomi used to go to church in Granville every Sunday.
- 娜奧米以前每個星期天都去格蘭維爾的教堂做禮拜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.
- 他們稱劃船是最佳運動，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.
- 用不著她一來電話你就往樓上跑。
來自柯林斯例句