释义 |
‖ tot siens S. Afr.|tɔt sins| Also totsiens. [Afrikaans tot (weer)siens ‘until we meet again’, f. Du. tot until + zien to see.] A formula of farewell: au revoir, till I see you again.
1937S. Cloete Turning Wheels ix. 142 ‘Tot Siens. Tot siens,’ they cried, their voices growing fainter. 1948H. V. Morton In Search S. Afr. ii. 52 We said good-bye, with a tot siens or two and one ‘s' long folks’. 1963A. Delius Day Natal took Off 72 This is, then, not good-bye, only totsiens. 1974Argus (Cape Town) 30 July 22/9 Tot siens! May you come back to Britain soon. |