extra: [18] In its modern English use, ‘beyond what is normal’ or ‘a(chǎn)dditional’, extra is probably an abbreviation of extraordinary [15], in which the prefix represents Latin extrā ‘outside, beyond’. This in turn was short for exterā, the ablative feminine case of the adjective exterus ‘outer’ (from which English gets exterior [16]). And exterus itself began life as a compound form based on Latin ex ‘out’. => exterior, extreme
extra
1650s as a stand-alone adjective; also used as an adverb and noun in 17c. (see extra-); modern usages -- including sense of "minor performer in a play" (1777) and "special edition of a newspaper" (1793) -- probably all are from shortenings of extraordinary, which in 18c. was used extensively as noun and adverb in places extra would serve today.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.
她多給他加了一勺濃縮奶油。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The President is determined "to go the extra mile for peace".
總統(tǒng)決心“為實(shí)現(xiàn)和平而加倍努力”。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
壁櫥最下面的抽屜里還有一條多余的毯子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Police warned motorists to allow extra time to get to work.
警方告誡駕車者出門上班要留出富余時(shí)間。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. Stay in bed extra late or get up specially early.