much: [13] The Old English word for ‘much’ was mycel (a relative of Old Norse mikill, from which English got the now archaic mickle [13]). It goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin magis ‘more’ (source of English master) and magnus ‘large’ (source of English magnitude) and Greek mégas ‘large’ (source of the English prefix mega-). Mycel became early Middle English muchel, which began to lose its second syllable in the 13th century. => magnitude, master, more
much (adj.)
c. 1200, worn down by loss of unaccented last syllable from Middle English muchel "large, much," from Old English micel "great in amount or extent," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz, from PIE *meg- "great" (see mickle). As a noun and an adverb, from c. 1200. For vowel evolution, see bury.
雙語例句
1. Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.
艾倫太太的烹飪風格很大程度上承傳于她的婆婆。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
經過這么多苦難之后，他應該行點好運了。
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3. He arrived on January 9, disheveled and much the worse for wear.
他是1月9號到的，蓬頭垢面，疲憊不堪。
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4. Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?
好吧，關于生產商就講這么多，那關于消費者呢？
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5. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.