every: [OE] Stripped down into its component parts, every means literally ‘ever each’. It was originally an Old English compound made up of ?fre ‘ever’ and ?lc ‘each’, in which basically the ‘ever’ was performing an emphasizing function; in modern English terms it signified something like ‘every single’, or, in colloquial American, ‘every which’. By late Old English times the two elements had fused to form a single word. => each, ever
every (adj.)
early 13c., contraction of Old English ?fre ?lc "each of a group," literally "ever each" (Chaucer's everich), from each with ever added for emphasis. The word still is felt to want emphasis; as in Modern English every last ..., every single ..., etc.
Also a pronoun to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser. Compare everybody, everything, etc. The word everywhen is attested from 1843 but never caught on; neither did everyhow (1837). Slang phrase every Tom, Dick, and Harry "every man, everyone" dates from at least 1734, from common English given names.
雙語例句
1. Someone comes in every day to check all is in order.
每天都有人來檢查是否一切都井然有序。
來自柯林斯例句
2. You should wash your feet and your privates every day.
應(yīng)該每天洗腳，并清洗陰部。
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3. Naomi used to go to church in Granville every Sunday.
娜奧米以前每個(gè)星期天都去格蘭維爾的教堂做禮拜。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.
他們稱劃船是最佳運(yùn)動(dòng)，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。
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5. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.