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/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/
A word you say to someone when you or they are leaving.
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複數 goodbyes
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Picture the doorway moment: one of you is about to walk out, and the room needs something said before it closes. goodbye is the word that fills that gap — it marks the rather than describing it.
可以想成站在門口的那一刻:其中一個人就要走出去了,這個空檔需要有句話把它收起來。goodbye 就是填進那個空檔的字…更多收起
可以想成站在門口的那一刻:其中一個人就要走出去了,這個空檔需要有句話把它收起來。goodbye 就是填進那個空檔的字——它是替「分開」這件事做記號,而不是在描述它。From the word’s history
Goodbye began as the phrase 'God be with ye' (late 14c.), which wore down in the 1500s through spellings like godbwye and God b'uy. By the 1590s it had settled as good-bye, the first part reshaped by the other parting phrases good day and good evening — which is why a blessing ended up looking like the word good.
goodbye 原本是一整句話 God be with ye(願上帝與你同在,十四世紀末),十六世紀被口語磨短,出現過 godbwye、God b'uy 這些寫法;到 1590 年代定型成 good-bye,前半段被 good day、good evening 這些道別語帶著改成了 good。所以今天看起來像「好」的那個字,其實是從一句祝福磨出來的。
Online Etymology Dictionary — https://www.etymonline.com/word/good-bye
原始詞典資料3 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。
goodbyeintj/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
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Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
- Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.
goodbyenoun/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
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An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
- They made their good-byes.
- We have time for a short goodbye.
goodbyeverb/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
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To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.
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。