a whole nother

限定词 det.
中文释义
英 /ə ˈhəʊl ˌnʌðə/    美 /ə ˈhoʊl ˌnʌðəɹ/

英文释义

限定词 det.
  1. An intensified form of another: an entirely different; a whole other. US,informal,usually
    — "Will the fog be gone by to-morrow morning?" said Patty, disconsolately. "I don't know what we shall do if we have to be a whole 'nother day in the house and in the dark."

词形变化

a whole 'nother alternative

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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