lo

exclamation
🔊/ləʊ/
🔊/ləʊ/
(old use or humorous)Idioms
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  1. 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.一个额外的吃喝玩乐,并且,保龄球保龄球诞生了。
    Word Originnatural exclamation: first recorded as in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke ‘look!’, imperative of look.
Idioms
lo and behold
  1. (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。