used for calling attention to a surprising thing (引起对令人惊讶的事的注意)瞧,看哪 An extra skittle was added and, lo, tenpin bowling was born. 增加了一个额外的迅猎兽,瞧,保龄球诞生了。
Word Originnatural exclamation: first recorded as lā in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke ‘look!’, imperative of look.
Idioms
lo and behold
- (humorous)
used for calling attention to a surprising or annoying thing (用于引起对令人惊讶或讨厌之事的注意)哎哟,你瞧,嗨,真想不到 As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain. 我们刚一出门,你瞧,就下起雨来了。