(archaic)used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event (古)[用以引起对有趣或惊奇之事的注意]嗟夫 and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them. 嗟夫,东方所见之星行其前也。
常用词组 lo and behold
used to present a new scene, situation, or turn of events, often with the suggestion that though surprising, it could in fact have been predicted [用以介绍新景象、情况或事情的转变,常表示某事看似奇特但可以预料]哎哟看看 you took me out and, lo and behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked. 你把我弄出来,哎哟看看,我回到家却发现家里已被洗劫一空。
语源
natural exclamation: first recorded as lā. in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke 'look!', imperative of look