Like aloha, a contronym meaning both hello and goodbye. January 31, 2007 yarb commented on the word cheerio I have never heard this used to mean 'hello'. June 14, 2008 Prolagus commented on the word cheerio There's a reference to this word in one of the list with the best name...
2 . At one time, it was a common British word meaning “wonderful”, but over the last ten years it’s been overtaken (超过) by the American word “awesome”. 3 ? The influence of US culture is only one explanation for why popular words in British English may change or even stop be...
The meaning "that which makes cheerful or promotes good spirits" is from late 14c. The meaning "shout of encouragement" is recorded by 1720, perhaps nautical slang (compare the earlier verbal sense "encourage by words or deeds," early 15c.). The antique English greetingwhat cheer?(mid-15c....
根据下文Atonetime,itwasacommonBritishwordmeaning"wonderful",(曾经,这是一个常见的英国单词,意思是"美妙的")可知与"美妙的"有关,A项"或者以"美妙的"一词为例"。符合题意。故选A。(3)细节推理题。根据下文TheinfluenceofUScultureisonlyoneexplanationforwhypopular wordsinBritishEnglishmaychangeorevenstopbeing...