yea

FREQ #6049

n. 肯定, 赞成, 赞成票 [法] 赞成票, 投赞成票者, 赞成者

发音

US
UK
/jeɪ/
/ˈjɛ(ə)/
/jiː/
/ˈjæ(ə)/
其它 /jiː/
其它 /jɛː/

词形变化

yeas 复数 yeas

别名

yay yeay

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken

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adv.
  1. 1.

    Yes, indeed.

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    1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]

  2. 2.

    Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).

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conj.
  1. 1.

    Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

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interj.
  1. 1.

    Yeah, right, yes.

    美国 过时 非裔美国英语
  2. 1.

    Alternative spelling of yeah.

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  3. 1.

    Misspelling of yay.

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词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

nay

上位词 1

affirmative

词源

From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay.

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