ish

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
  2. An instalment of a periodical; an issue. dated,slang
    — "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's^([sic]) latest ish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote.
  3. Shit (in various senses). euphemistic,uncountable
    — Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut that ish out
动词 v.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of is. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
副词 adv.
  1. somewhat, reasonably, fairly colloquial,not-comparable
    — The exam went well... mostly... ish.
  2. about, approximately colloquial,not-comparable
    — 'With luck, about twelve.' 'Ah,' said Bernard. 'Twelve-thirty. Ish.'
感叹词 intj.
  1. ick, yuck Canada,US,informal,regional

词形变化

ishes plural ishes plural

词源

词源 1
From is.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ishbf.
English ish
Back-formation from -ish.
词源 3
From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.
词源 4
Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.
词源 5
From earlier isht, a minced oath and metathetic alteration of shit. Possibly inspired by the sound of the word shit when backmasked in radio edits of hip-hop songs.
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