oyez

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈəʊˌjeɪ/    /oʊˈjeɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cry of oyez.
动词 v.
  1. To proclaim with a cry of oyez. no-past,no-present-participle,participle,past,rare
    — I truſte you make no queſtion about thoſe dull pated pennifathers, that in ſuch dudgen ſcorne reiected him, drunck deep of the ſowre cup of repentance for it, when the high flight of his lines in common brute was ooyeſſed.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence or attentiveness).
    — “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The Banquet is now ready!” called the two Beef Eaters, and in no time at all Palmer Cox’s resourceful Brownies had found a seat for every guest.

词形变化

oyes alternative oyezes plural oyes alternative oyes alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre.
Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period.
词源 2
From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre.
Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period.
词源 3
From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre.
Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period.
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