ditto: [17] Ditto is a precisely parallel formation to English said ‘aforementioned’ (as in ‘the said John Smith’). It is the Tuscan dialect version of Italian detto, which comes from dictus, the past participle of Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English dictionary and a vast range of related words). It was originally used in Italian to avoid repeating the name of the month when giving a series of dates, much as inst and ult are used in commercial English. => diction, dictionary
ditto
1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto, past participle of dire "to say," from Latin dicere (see diction).
Originally used in Italian to avoid repetition of month names in a series of dates; generalized meaning of "same as above" first recorded in English 1670s. Dittohead, self-description of followers of U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh, attested by 1995. dittoship is from 1869.
实用例句
1. Lister's dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady.
利斯特死了，还有三个迈阿密毒贩和一位女士也死了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The waiters were rude and unhelpful, the manager ditto.
这些服务员态度生硬，服务不周，经理也一样。
来自《权威词典》
3. And then everybody else who came after that just put " ditto " underneath.
随后,在他后面到达的人便在下面写上 “ 原因同上 ”.
来自辞典例句
4. He is the ditto of his mother.
他的长相和他母亲一模一样.
来自辞典例句
5. Two people who are going to be married ought to say ditto to each other.
