ah

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj. 代词 pron. 助词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of the interjection ah.
    — the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
动词 v.
  1. 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.
感叹词 intj.
  1. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
    — Ah, I understand now.
  2. Used condescendingly, somewhat like “see?” or “I told you so”. Manglish,Singlish
    — Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, falling /ɑ(ː)˦˨/, sometimes nasalized
  3. Yuck.
  4. 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.
代词 pron.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of I, most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent or African-American Vernacular English. alt-of,personal,pronoun,pronunciation-spelling
    — Did ah ever say anything derogatory against ma man Franco? Well, likesay. . . he's no a bad punter.
助词
  1. Marks a yes–no tag question prompting the listener to clarify or confirm something. interrogative
    — Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/, [ä˨]
    So you’re dyslexic?
  2. Reinforces a short, non-rhetorical wh-question. interrogative
    — Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
  3. Emphasizes the need for absolute confirmation, permission or acknowledgment.
    — Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
  4. A particle indicating the topic of a sentence from its comment.
    — Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
  5. A confirmative final particle used in the middle of a sentence to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
    — Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/
  6. Tagged at the end of non-interrogative sentence to convey a sense of informality or resignation.
    — Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/
    I did tell them.
  7. A vocative particle, now mostly used by Chinese elders for direct address (over telephone calls, or if the addressee is far away).
    — Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/
    Hello? Is this Joey?
  8. Used as an intensifier in fixed expressions, sometimes exhortative in meaning.
    — Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/
    Phew!

词形变化

ahs plural ahs present,singular,third-person ahing participle,present ahed participle,past ahed past we plural mah adjective,possessive Ah alternative ar alternative arh alternative ar alternative arh alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
ah ah ah ah-bup-bup ah-choo ah me ah well alack ooh-ah-ah ooh ah ah
相关词
aah aha ha oh uh

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah).
Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”).
词源 2
From Hokkien 啊 (--a, a) and Teochew 啊 (a⁷), reinforced by Tamil -ஆ (-ā, etymology 3, particle sense 1) among Tamil speakers (Baskaran, 1988).
词源 3
Imitative of a person gagging.
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