extra: [18] In its modern English use, ‘beyond what is normal’ or ‘additional’, extra is probably an abbreviation of extraordinary [15], in which the prefix represents Latin extrā ‘outside, beyond’. This in turn was short for exterā, the ablative feminine case of the adjective exterus ‘outer’ (from which English gets exterior [16]). And exterus itself began life as a compound form based on Latin ex ‘out’. => exterior, extreme
extra
1650s as a stand-alone adjective; also used as an adverb and noun in 17c. (see extra-); modern usages -- including sense of "minor performer in a play" (1777) and "special edition of a newspaper" (1793) -- probably all are from shortenings of extraordinary, which in 18c. was used extensively as noun and adverb in places extra would serve today.
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1. She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.
她多给他加了一勺浓缩奶油。
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2. The President is determined "to go the extra mile for peace".
总统决心“为实现和平而加倍努力”。
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3. There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
壁橱最下面的抽屉里还有一条多余的毯子。
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4. Police warned motorists to allow extra time to get to work.
警方告诫驾车者出门上班要留出富余时间。
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5. Stay in bed extra late or get up specially early.