[语言讨论] 《文馨当代英汉词典》和《英汉大词典》的helluva条对比

helluva
/ˈhɛləvə/
adj. 〖美俚〗
① 非常困難[不愉快(等)]的
a helluva headache
非常頭痛(的事)
We had come through a helluva period.
我們度過了一段艱困的日子。
② 很好的;了不起的;傑出的
It's really one helluva book I've read in years.
這真是我多年來所讀到的一本好書。
③ 很大的,可觀的
pay a helluva price for something
以極高價購得某物
It meant a helluva lot to me.
這事對我關係重大。
adv.
① 非常,極度地
He is a helluva good swimmer.
他游泳游得極好。

helluva
Ⅰ a.
1.         极坏的, 糟透的:
We had come through a helluva period.
我们度过了一段极艰苦的日子。
save sb. a helluva headache
免使某人大伤脑筋
2.         极好的; 少有的:
It's really one helluva book I've read in years.
这真是我多年来读到过的一本少有的好书。
3.         大量的; 可观的:
I got money — helluva lot of money. _
我得到了钱——一大笔钱。
pay a helluva price for sth.
以天价购得某物
It meant a helluva lot to me.
这事对我关系重大。
We still have a helluva way to go.
我们还有很多路要走。
Ⅱ ad.
特别, 格外, 极为:
She is a helluva good swimmer.
她游泳游得极好。
[hell of a的拼写变体]

helluva, adj.
Pronunciation:  Brit.         /ˈhɛləvə/ , U.S. /ˈhɛləvə/
Forms:
α. 19– hellova, 19– helluva.

β. 19– helva.

Etymology:  Representing a colloquial pronunciation of hell of a (see a hell of a —— at hell n. and int. Phrases 4a).(Show Less)
colloq.


  As an intensifier: great, extreme, ‘hell of a —’. See a (also the, one) hell of a —— at hell n. and int. Phrases 4a.

1905   Washington Post 5 Mar. 7/4   Twa'nt a helluva time afore Eliphalus Knobbs was flat broke.
1910   C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xxvi. 176,   I got money—helluva lot of money.
1934   E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxv. 24   It must be one helluva country.
1959   ‘M. M. Kaye’ House of Shade ii. 26   It looks like saving you a helluva headache.
1968   Times 23 Oct. 10/8   It's very unfortunate looking like him: he must have a helluva life.
1998   J. Holms Bad Vibes xvii. 208   A whole weekend off with pay is a helluva settlement.

hell|u|va «HEHL uh vuh», adjective, adverb. Especially U.S. Slang.
  
–adj.
very bad; rotten: We’ll have a helluva time in the last six months matching the first half (Wall Street Journal).
very good; exceptional: Ideally, Yale…could have a helluva football team (San Francisco Chronicle).
great in extent; considerable: “Money isn’t everything, but it’s a helluva way ahead of whatever comes in second place” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

  
–adv.
very; exceptionally: Jim wrote a helluva good story (Newsweek).
[altered spelling of hell of a]