词汇 | galore |
词源 | galore [E17th] When the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott wrote in his journal in 1826, ‘Sent off proofs and copy galore before breakfast’, he was using a word that originated in Ireland. Galore ‘in abundance’ comes from Irish go leor, which means ‘to sufficiency, enough’. |
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