a whole nother

短语

发音

UK /ə ˈhəʊl ˌnʌðə/
其它
US /ə ˈhoʊl ˌnʌðəɹ/

别名

a whole 'nother

释义与例句

det.
  1. 1.

    An intensified form of another: an entirely different; a whole other.

    美国 非正式

词源

Either from a + whole + nother (“different, other”), where nother is a variant of other, rebracketed from an other, or from whole + another, with whole having been inserted by tmesis. Compare also dialectal tother from Middle English þe toþer (“the other”).

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