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Ah is a little sound we make with our voice, not a word that names a thing. We use it when something hits us: surprise (Ah!), pleasure (Ah, that’s better), sudden understanding (Ah, I see), softness or pity (Ah, poor you), and sometimes agreement. How you say it matters more than the letters — a short “ah!” is not the same as a long happy “aaaah”. It is very common in speech and in writing that copies speech. Though actually, it sits next to oh, and students often treat them as the same; oh leans a bit more toward “I didn’t expect that,” and ah a bit more toward “I feel this” or “now I get it” — but real people mix them all the time.
ah 是一種從嘴裡發出的聲音，不是指稱事物的字，用來表示受到觸動的時候，例如驚訝、愉快、突然明白、同情，有時也表示同意。像「Ah, that's better」「Ah, I see」「Ah, poor you」，說法的長短與語氣不同，意思也會跟著不同。它和 oh 很接近：oh 較偏向“沒想到”，ah 較偏向“我有感覺”或“原來如此”，不過人們實際上常混用。
From the word’s history
From Middle English ah, either imitative or from Old English ēa 'oh, alas'; some propose Old French a.
源自中古英文 ah，可能是模仿聲音，也可能來自古英文 ēa。
組成A sound that copies the voice. English has had it since the 1100s (Middle English ah). Some people think it also came in from Old French a.
同家族的字
- ahabuilt from ah + ha
原始詞典資料21 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
AHprefix
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationprefix for attack helicopter, helicopter gunship designations
Ahprefix詞源 2
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A prefix of Chinese origin used with a shortened form of given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to a nickname.
- Ah Ming moved out of Chinatown last year.
- I was called, at about an hour's notice, to take Ah Quai (the girl rescued in the spring), and go with Mr. Gardiner to Seattle, and give evidence in the case of one of the women brought over on the same ship with Ah Quai.
ahintj詞源 1/ɑː/
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An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
- Ah, I understand now.
- Ah! It's good to be back home!
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A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
- Boy don't try to front, uh, I Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah.
ahnoun詞源 1/ɑː/
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An instance of the interjection ah.
- the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
ahverb詞源 1/ɑː/
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To give a cry of "ah".
- Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.
ahparticle詞源 3/ɑ(ː)/
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Marks a yes–no tag question prompting the listener to clarify or confirm something.
- Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/, [ä˨]
- You’re dyslexic ah?
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Reinforces a short, non-rhetorical wh-question.
- Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
- How do you delete this row ah?
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Emphasizes the need for absolute confirmation, permission or acknowledgment.
- Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
- Don’t drink and drive ah...
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A particle indicating the topic of a sentence from its comment.
- Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
- The drilling upstairs ah, non-stop leh.
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A confirmative final particle used in the middle of a sentence to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
- Near-synonym: right
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Tagged at the end of non-interrogative sentence to convey a sense of informality or resignation.
- Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/
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A vocative particle, used for direct address (over telephone calls, or if the addressee is far away).
- Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/
- Hello? Joey ah?
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Used as an intensifier in fixed expressions, sometimes exhortative in meaning.
- Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/
- Heng ah...
ahintj詞源 3/ɑ(ː)/
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Used condescendingly, somewhat like “see?” or “I told you so”.
- Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, falling /ɑ(ː)˦˨/, sometimes nasalized
ahintj詞源 4/æ/
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Yuck.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- Anno Hegirae
- all human
- ampere-hour
- I
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。