say

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
/seɪ/|[sɛj]|/seɪ/    /seɪ/|[seː]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. countable
    — To have a say
  2. A strainer for milk. Scotland
  3. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
    — If those principal works of God […] be but certain tastes and says, as if were, of that final benefit.
  4. A type of fine cloth similar to serge. countable,uncountable
    — Per.[igot] VVell decked in a frocke of gray, / Will.[y] hey ho, gray is greet, / Per. And in a kirtle of greene ſaye, / Will. the greene is for maydens meete.
  5. Tried quality; temper; proof.
    — He found a sword of better say.
  6. Essay; trial; attempt.
    — This fellow, Captaine, Will come, in time, to be a great distiller, And giue a say[…]at the philosophers stone.
动词 v.
  1. To pronounce. transitive
    — Please say your name slowly and clearly.
  2. To try; to assay.
    — I, that had sayed on one of his customers sutes.
  3. To recite. transitive
    — Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  4. To tell, either verbally or in writing. transitive
    — He said he would be here tomorrow.
  5. To indicate in a written form. transitive
    — The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
  6. To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. impersonal,transitive
    — They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do."
  7. Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. imperative,informal,transitive
    — A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
  8. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. intransitive
    — You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge
  9. To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. especially,informal,transitive
    — 'My fifty pounds says three months after the invasion there'll be a free press in Iraq, and unmonitored internet access too.'
副词 adv.
  1. For example; let us assume. not-comparable
    — Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion US,colloquial
    — Say, what did you think about the movie?

词形变化

says present,singular,third-person saying participle,present said participle,past said past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template say infinitive say first-person,present,singular said first-person,past,singular say present,second-person,singular sayest archaic,present,second-person,singular said past,second-person,singular saidst archaic,past,second-person,singular says present,singular,third-person sayeth archaic,present,singular,third-person saith archaic,present,singular,third-person said past,singular,third-person say plural,present said past,plural say present,subjunctive said past,subjunctive say imperative,present - imperative,past saying participle,present said participle,past saie alternative,obsolete saye alternative,obsolete seye alternative,obsolete thay alternative,pronunciation-spelling zay alternative,pronunciation-spelling says plural saie alternative,obsolete saye alternative,obsolete seye alternative,obsolete thay alternative,pronunciation-spelling zay alternative,pronunciation-spelling saie alternative,obsolete saye alternative,obsolete seye alternative,obsolete thay alternative,pronunciation-spelling zay alternative,pronunciation-spelling saie alternative,obsolete saye alternative,obsolete seye alternative,obsolete thay alternative,pronunciation-spelling zay alternative,pronunciation-spelling says plural says present,singular,third-person saying participle,present sayed participle,past sayed past says plural says plural

词汇关系

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againsay and so say all of us as I was saying as the saying goes as they say as who should say before you can say Jack Robinson before you can say knife besay can we say daresay dare-say dare say dare-saying dessay do as I say and not as I do don't say gay doomsaying do you know what I'm saying easy for you to say endsay enough said final say foresay forsay gainsay go without saying have a say have to say for oneself hear what I'm saying how do you say … in English how say you how you say I'd say if I do say so myself if I may say so if I say so myself if you don't mind me saying if you say so if you see something, say something I hear you say I'll say I must say I said what I said I say it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right it goes without saying it is said it's not what you say but how you say it just saying just say no know what I'm saying let's not and say we did let's say mean to say missay naysay nay-say naysayer need I say more needless to say never say die never-say-die never say never not saying much not to say or should I say oversay please say that again resay sad to say said no one ever said the thing saith say aah sayability sayable say again say boo say boo to a goose say bo to a goose say cheese sayee sayer sayeth say goodbye say grace say hello say hello to my little friend saying say it ain't so say it all say la vee say less say no say no more say none say nothing say one's piece say one's prayers say on pay say-so say someone's prayers say that say that again say the quiet part loud say the quiet part out loud say the word say to oneself say uncle say wha say what say what you like say when say word one say yes say you swear shall I say shall we say soothsay so they say so to say strange to say sufficed to say suffice it to say suffice to say that is to say that's saying something that's what he said the deuce you say the devil you say the dickens you say the hell you say there is much to be said there isn't any easy way to say this they say those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it though I say it who should not though I say it who should not say it though I say so myself to say nothing of to say the least true say undersay unsay whaddayasay what can I say what do you say whatever you say what say what say you what you saying which is to say withsay wouldn't you say yeasay yea-say yeasayer you can say that again you can't say fairer than that you don't say you hear what I'm saying you know what I'm saying you know what they say you said a mouthful you've said a mouthful you were saying saymaster
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词源 1
From Middle English saien, sain, san, secgan, segen, seien, sein, seiȝen, sugen, sægen, ziggen, from Old English seċġan, secgean, secggan, secggean, seggan, sæċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii, sjide, sooi, säie (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Alemannic German ŝchége, ŝchegi, séege, säge, sägä (“to say”), Bavarian sogn, soon, sågn (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Vilamovian ziöen, zuön, zuø̄n (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Elfdalian saja (“to say”), Faroese siga (“to say”), Icelandic segja (“to say”), Jamtish segi (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk segja, seia, seie (“to say, tell”), Scanian siğa (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”); also Cornish hwedhel (“narrative, story, tale”), Irish scéal (“story, tale”), Manx skeeal (“story; news; narrative”), Scottish Gaelic sgeul (“story, tale; information, news”), Welsh chwedl (“story, tale”), hebu (“to say”), Latin inquam (“to say”), Ancient Greek ἐνέπω (enépō), ἐννέπω (ennépō, “tell or tell about; speak”), Latvian sacīt (“to say, tell”), Lithuanian sakyti (“to say, tell”), Bulgarian соча (soča, “to indicate; to point”), Czech sočit (“to blame, hate”), Old Polish soczyć (“to accuse, slander”), Russian сочи́ть (sočítʹ, “to emit (a liquid)”), Ukrainian сочи́ти (sočýty, “to emit (a liquid), exude, ooze; to drain, sap”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.
词源 2
From Middle French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“military cloak”).
词源 3
Aphetic form of assay.
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