英语词汇more的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	more
词源	more. “Lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening and ask for more [gruel] and it fell to Oliver Twist. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger [and] he rose from the table . . . advancing to the master: ‘Please, sir, I want some more.’ The master aimed a blow at Oliver’s head with the ladle . . . ‘Oliver Twist has asked for more!’ ” One of the great scenes from Dickens’s Oliver Twist (1837– 38) and the best use of more in the language.
随便看	hasten forward quickly then hasty pudding hasty pudding club hat city of the world hate someone-s guts hatfield-mccoy feud hat trick haul ass haul over the coals haussmannization have a bear by the tail have a brick in one-s hat have a burr in under his saddle have a card up one-s sleeve have a field day have a good nice day have an oar in another-s boat have at one-s fingertips have fishhooks in one-s pocket have his guts for garters havelock have one-s game shoes on have one-s heart in one-s throat have one-s innings have one-s number on it

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。