| 释义 |
yerra, int. Anglo-Ir.|ˈjɛrə|
Also yerrah.
[a. Ir.]
An asseverative oath or exclamation.
1892E. Lawless Grania II. iii. 32 Yerra! give him his bit and his sup and his bed,..and 'tis all he wants. 1898M. MacDonagh Irish Life & Character ix. 156 ‘What's the matter with the old gentleman?’ he was asked. ‘What's the matter with him! Yerrah, look at the walk of him... Begor, he only touches the ground in an odd place.’ 1914Joyce Dubliners 155 Yerra, sure the little hop-o'-my-thumb has forgotten all about it. 1939― Finnegans Wake 95 Yerra, why would he heed that old gasometer. 1958B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 218 ‘Yerra, 'tis nothing,’ said I, jovial and Irish, but making every move to work on a bit more. 1965N. Munster Antiquarian Jrnl. IX. iv. 186 Yerra there's no good in talking to you. 1977J. Hodgins Invention of World iii. 83 This is no ordinary boy... Yerra, this is a boy apart. |