| 释义 |
uh-huh, adv. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
(ˈʌhʌ; see quot. 1982)
[Imitative.]
A spoken affirmative or non-committal response to a question or remark; ‘yes’, ‘oh yes?’
1924Dialect Notes V. 278 Uh-húh, yes. 1925Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 22/3 The policeman behind the desk said to Buckbarrow: ‘Here's something! A runaway kid.’.. ‘Uh-huh,’ commented Buckbarrow. 1941E. Carr Klee Wyck 111 ‘Uh huh,’ he nodded. 1947‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder v. 111 ‘You ought to go on the films, Blount.’ ‘Uh-huh?’ 1969D. Dalby in A. Dundes Mother-Wit (1973) 139/1 African usage can also explain the frequent use by Americans of the interjections uh-huh, for ‘yes’, and uh-uh for ‘no’. Similar forms, especially for ‘yes’, occur in scattered parts of the world, but nowhere as frequently and as regularly as in Africa. 1978J. A. Michener Chesapeake iii. 123 ‘You're to..mind your manners. This is your last chance.’ ‘Uh-huh,’ Timothy grunted, staring with contempt at the wretched spot to which he was being taken. 1982J. C. Wells Accents of English III. vi. 556 There are also the grunts sometimes spelt uh-huh and uh-uh respectively. The first, ‘yes’, is phonetically [ˈə̃hə̃, ˈʌ̃hʌ̃, ˈmm̥m], hence nasal or nasalized; it usually has a rising tone pattern... The second, ‘no’, is [ˈˀəˀˈˀə, ˈˀʌ̃ˀˈˀʌ, ˈˀmˀˈm]..; it is not necessarily nasal, and has an accented final syllable, with an obligatorily falling tone pattern. |