so: [OE] So is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German so, Dutch zo, Swedish s?, and Danish saa. It is also distantly connected with Greek hōs ‘a(chǎn)s’ and hóppōs ‘how’. Far back in its history it participated in the formation of English as and such.
so (adv.)
Old English swa, sw? (adv., conj., pron.) "in this way," also "to that extent; so as, consequently, therefore," and purely intensive; from Proto-Germanic *swa (cognates: Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Old High German so, Old Norse sva, Danish saa, Swedish s?, Old Frisian sa, Dutch zo, German so "so," Gothic swa "as"), from PIE reflexive pronominal stem *swo- "so" (cognates: Greek hos "as," Old Latin suad "so," Latin se "himself"), derivative of *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (see idiom).
Old English swa frequently was strengthened by eall, and so also is contained in compounds as, also, such. The -w- was eliminated by contraction from 12c.; compare two, which underwent the same process but retained its spelling. As an "introductory particle" [OED] from 1590s. Used to add emphasis or contradict a negative from 1913. So in mid-20c. British slang could mean "homosexual" (adj.). So? as a term of dismissal is attested from 1886 (short for is that so?, etc.). So what as an exclamation of indifference dates from 1934. So-and-so is from 1596 meaning "something unspecified;" first recorded 1897 as a euphemistic term of abuse. Abbreviating phrase and so on is attested from 1724. So far so good is from 1721.
雙語例句
1. Look, you've typed " do " as'so " , and made nonsense of the whole sentence.
瞧, 你把do打成了so, 這樣一來句子就不通了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Failure is never quite so frightening as regret do.
比失敗更令人恐懼的是懊悔。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
3. He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.
有些段落他演奏得異常徐緩，聽上去有些憂傷。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Fresh fruits and vegetables are important and so is bran.
新鮮的水果和蔬菜很重要，麥麩也是。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.