Ay

(interj.) Ah! alas!

(adv.) Same as Aye.

(adv.) Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.

(a.) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.

手打:朱迪

• Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it, said the Templar. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Ay, my man,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, with a condescending smile. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And he presumed on it to make himself quite at home, and call and dine here, ay? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Ay, so do, Sir John, cried Mrs. Jennings, and then perhaps you may find out what his business is. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• One knight--ay, one man-at-arms, were enough for twenty such peasants. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Ay, ay, but here it is. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Ay, truly, said the hermit, and many a hundred of pagans did he baptize there, but I never heard that he drank any of it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Ay, 'a b'lieve she was. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And proper little terrors they were, little fiends--that Gerald was a demon if ever there was one, a proper demon, ay, at six months old. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Ay, ay, dear boy! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Den Uncle Peter mus'n't sit in it, cause he al'ays hitches when he gets a singing. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• And tell her the Lord's stood by me everywhere and al'ays, and made everything light and easy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• On the grounds that it's well understood along the cause'ays and the stairs that he done it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Al'ays keep close to yer mother. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It is mighty onpleasant getting on with women, sometimes, I al'ays hates these yer screechin,' screamin' times. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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