1. 1是、對(老式或蘇格蘭╱愛爾蘭方言);(投票)贊成票

    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.

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原始詞典資料11 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。

Ayename

  • 1

    A surname.

ayeadv詞源 1/eɪ/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    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.
  • 2

    nauticaltransportA word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.

ayeverb詞源 2/aɪ/

  • 1

    To respond with an "aye".

    • The men ayed their agreement.

ayenoun詞源 2/aɪ/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    Used in aye aye.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • Ayer Rajah Expressway
  • ay
  • eh

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。