a-
短语pref. 不, 缺少, 无 [医] 不, 无, 缺; 离
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释义与例句
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1.
Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.
习语arise, await
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2.
Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action.
习语abide, amaze
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1.
In, on, at; used to show a state, condition, or manner. Also passing into sense 2.
习语 罕用aglow, apace, afire, aboil, a-bling, abluster
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2.
In, into. Also passing into sense 5.
习语 -
3.
In the direction of, or toward.
astern, abeam
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4.
At such a time.
古体 方言Come a-morning we are going hunting.
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5.
In the act or process of. Used in some dialects before a present participle.
古体 方言hits a-poppin
doins a-transpirin
The twelfth day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Twelve lords a-leaping, … Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying,
circa 1850, Here We Come A-wassailing/Here We Come A-caroling Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen.
The hay is a-cutting now. You're a-wanting.
The order is rapidly fadin' And the first one now will later be last For the times they are a-changin'
If the van’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.
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1.
Alternative form of y-. In dialect, it is sometimes conflated with sense 5 of the previous definition, and is used as a general indicator of a participle.
古体 方言aware, alike
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2.
Used to form the past participle of a verb.
I have a-gone.
I have a-seen a bird.
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1.
Forming words with the sense of wholly, or utterly out.
习语 -
1.
Not, without, opposite of.
amoral, asymmetry, atheism, asexual, acyclic, atypical
When invited to believe in the Chimaera, the horse-centaurs, or the winged horse Pegasus, all of them straightforward Pelasgian cult-symbols, a philosopher felt bound to reject them as a-zoölogical improbabilities ….
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1.
Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion.
习语ascend, aspire, amass, abandon, avenue
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1.
Away from.
习语avert, aperient, abridge, assoil, assoilzie
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1.
Of, from.
习语anew, afresh, athirst
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1.
Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”).
A-tisket a-tasket, A green and yellow basket
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1.
Used as a prefix to verbs in the sense of remaining in the same condition. Actively doing something.
a-be, a-going
Let that choilt a-be, wilt ta.
词源
From Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old Saxon a-, German er-.
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