oss

FREQ #37758

abbr. [美]航天科学局（Office of Space Sciences）；[美]战略情报局（Office of Strategic Services）

发音

UK /ɒs/

词形变化

osses 复数 osses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of 'oss.

v.
  1. 1.

    To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).

    方言
  2. 2.

    To offer (to do something).

    方言

    an' nobody ossin' to do it

    They owe fer cannels, an' meyle, an' nivver oss to pay.

词源

Unclear. Middle English ōssen had a rather different meaning, "to reveal, to prophesy", but the OED suggests it could nonetheless be the same verb. The origin of the Middle English verb is itself obscure, but it may be a variant of halsen, from Old English hālsian, although this too had a rather different meaning, "to beseech, entreat; to exorcise; to imprecate".

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