词汇 | literally |
释义 | literally adverb used as an intensifier. In colloquial use this is generally employed inaccurately or hyperbolically UK, 1937literallyFiguratively. Opposite to the original meaning of "literally," it is used to add hyperbolic emphasis to a statement. I'm so hungry, I could literally eat a horse right now. We have literally been waiting an eternity for you to get here. What took you so long? literally mod. figuratively; absolutely. (Literally is frequently used colloquially for emphasis and not with its literal meaning.) When I saw him I literally died! There were literally thousands at our house for the Super Bowl. The flu was so bad that I literally coughed my head off. |
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