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An old-fashioned or dialect way of saying "yes," still heard in Scottish, Irish, and some British English, and used by sailors — "aye aye, captain" means "yes, understood." It's also the word used for a "yes" vote in formal meetings: "the ayes have it" means the yes votes won.
是、對(老式或蘇格蘭╱愛爾蘭方言);(投票)贊成票
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
Ayename
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A surname.
ayeadv詞源 1/eɪ/
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archaicEver, always.
- […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.
- The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.
ayeintj詞源 2/aɪ/
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Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
- Tro[ylus]. Haue I not tarried? Pan[darus]. I the grinding; but you muſt tarry the boulting. Troy. Haue I not tarried? Paude.^([sic]) I the boulting; but you muſt tarry the leauening. Troy. Still haue I tarried. Pan. I, to the leauening, but heares yet in the word hereafter, the kneading, […]
- david: […] Will he surely give him his daughter? The daughter of his house in Gilgal? soldier: Aye, surely he will.
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nauticaltransportA word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
ayeverb詞源 2/aɪ/
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To respond with an "aye".
- The men ayed their agreement.
ayenoun詞源 2/aɪ/
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An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
- to call for the ayes and nays
- The ayes have it.
ayeintj詞源 4/aɪ/
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Used in aye aye.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。