ay
名词 n.
副词 adv.
感叹词 intj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”).
— counting the ays and the noes in a vote
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Alternative form of a: the name of the Latin script letter A/a.
— It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
副词 adv.
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Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
— O he that hath ay lived free, …
感叹词 intj.
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Ah! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.
— And ſuch as yet, coulde neuer weapon wꝛeſt, / But on the lappe are woont to dandled be, / Ne yet foꝛgotten had the mothers bꝛeſt, / How greekes them ſlew, alas here ſhall ye ſe, / To make repoꝛte therof, ay woe is me, / My ſong is miſchiefe, murder miſerye.
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Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”).
— "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin; "thou seemest happy this merry morn." "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher; "and why should I not be so?[…]"
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New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag).
— For example, New Zealanders tended to say "ay" at the end of sentences, but in the Asian community people used different tags to check whether people were still listening.
- All right (inter); hooray (inter); cool (inter).
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Expressing earnestness, surprise, wonder, etc.
— Ay my word! I am glad to see you.
- Used in ay, ay.
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词源 1
From Middle English ei, ej, ey, eye, ultimately imitative of the natural utterance, although probably also influenced by Anglo-Norman and Old French ahi, Old French haï, and Middle French aï, aïe, ay.
词源 2
See aye.
词源 3
From Middle English ai, from Old Norse ei, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“eternity, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vitality”); cognate with Old English ā, Ancient Greek ἀεί (aeí, “always”), and Latin aevum (“an age”).
词源 4
Origin uncertain; possibly related to eh and hey; popularized by a catch phrase in a 1970s sitcom.
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