how so

短语

怎么会这样，为什么

发音

AU

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    How; In what way; however

  2. 2.

    Why; For what reason.

    习语
  3. 3.

    Used as an intensifier.

phr.
  1. 1.

    How?; In what way?

    The city of Melbourne has much more culture than Sydney. ― How so?

  2. 2.

    Why?; For what reason?

    习语

    I'm feeling really depressed. ― How so?

词源

From ellipsis of "how is that so?", and also continuing Middle English how-so, hou-so, hu se (“however, in whatsoever way”). Compare West Frisian hoesa (“how so, why”), Dutch hoezo (“how so, why”), German Low German woso (“how so, why”), German wieso (“how so, why”), Swedish hurså (“how so”). By surface analysis, how + so.

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