英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/, /ˌsəʊˈsəʊ/
• 韻: -əʊ, -əʊsəʊ

形容詞

so-so (not comparable)

1. (informal) Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.

   Synonyms: average, comme ci comme ça, fair, lackluster, meh, mediocre, middling; see also Thesaurus:mediocre

   The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.

   • 1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, Dublin: […] W. Whitestone, […], published 1776, →OCLC, page 5:

     [I]n ſome Iriſh Houſes, vvhere things are ſo-ſo, / One Gammon of Bacon hangs up for a ſhow; […]

   • 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:

     He [Robert Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.

派生語

副詞

so-so (not comparable)

1. (informal) Neither very well nor very poorly.

   Synonyms: blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably

   He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.

アナグラム

• Osos, Soos