ditto: [17] Ditto is a precisely parallel formation to English said ‘a(chǎn)forementioned’ (as in ‘the said John Smith’). It is the Tuscan dialect version of Italian detto, which comes from dictus, the past participle of Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English dictionary and a vast range of related words). It was originally used in Italian to avoid repeating the name of the month when giving a series of dates, much as inst and ult are used in commercial English. => diction, dictionary
ditto
1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto, past participle of dire "to say," from Latin dicere (see diction).
Originally used in Italian to avoid repetition of month names in a series of dates; generalized meaning of "same as above" first recorded in English 1670s. Dittohead, self-description of followers of U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh, attested by 1995. dittoship is from 1869.
雙語例句
1. Lister's dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady.
利斯特死了，還有三個邁阿密毒販和一位女士也死了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The waiters were rude and unhelpful, the manager ditto.
這些服務(wù)員態(tài)度生硬，服務(wù)不周，經(jīng)理也一樣。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. And then everybody else who came after that just put " ditto " underneath.
隨后,在他后面到達的人便在下面寫上 “ 原因同上 ”.
來自辭典例句
4. He is the ditto of his mother.
他的長相和他母親一模一樣.
來自辭典例句
5. Two people who are going to be married ought to say ditto to each other.