释义 |
folksay U.S.|ˈfəʊkseɪ| Also folk-say. [f. folk + say n.4 2.] Folk-speech; the traditional speech or proverbs of an ethnic or regional group; an instance of this.
1929B. A. Botkin in Oklahoma Folk-Lore Soc. June 5 (title) Folk-say, a regional miscellany. 1936H. Preece in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 35/1 Negro spirituals and folksay. 1950Patterson & Conrad Scottsboro Boy ii. iii. 100 It's an old Negro folksay, if a mud turtle catches hold of your finger it will hold until it thunders. 1976A. Murray Stomping Blues vi. 79 For all the apt phrases, insightful folksay, and striking imagery that blues singers have added to the national lore, the definitive element of a blues statement is not verbal. |