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词汇 tonite
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tonite (adv.)

“tonight” 的口语缩写,最早可追溯至1918年。

Present-day student notices on bulletin boards, etc., read oftener than not, "Party Friday Nite," "Meeting Tonite," "Kum Tonite," etc. [Louise Pound, "Spelling-Manipulation and Present-Day Advertising," Dialect Notes, 1923]
现今学生在公告栏等处常常会看到“Party Friday Nite”、“Meeting Tonite”、“Kum Tonite”等写法。[Louise Pound,《拼写操纵和现代广告》,《方言笔记》,1923年]
最早记录年份: 1918

tonite (n.)

爆破使用的炸药,起源于1881年,源自拉丁语 tonare “雷鸣”(参见 thunder(n.))和 -ite(2)。

最早记录年份: 1881

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