| 释义 |
yaas|jæs, jɑːs|
repr. a drawled pronunc. of yes adv., esp. in U.S. speech.
1893H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 68 Yaas, the almost universal pronunciation of yes. 1895A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 104 Paula. Your wife? Sir George. Yaas—Birdie. 1913Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 285 I've become an Episcopalian since I married. Ya-as. 1931W. Faulkner in Harper's Mag. Sept. 401/2 ‘Yaas,’ the man in overalls said in a dry, drawling tone. ‘Yaas. It got caught.’ |