| 释义 |
yes siree U.S. colloq.|jɛs sɜːˈriː|
Also yes sir-ee, yes sirree.
[f. yes adv. + sirree.]
Yes indeed; certainly. Cf. no siree.
1846Dollar Newspaper (Philadelphia) 1 July 3/4 ‘Will you take this man to be your lawful husband?’ said the Justice; to which she responded with breathless haste, ‘Yes, sir-ee’. 1898J. C. Harris Tales of Home Folks 225 Cassy Tatum! Yes, siree! The very gal! 1900R. H. Savage Brought to Bay i. ii, ‘So, the title is secure!’ cried the overjoyed Hawtrey. ‘Yes, Sir-ee!’ frankly answered Texas Dave. 1924H. J. Laski Let. 29 July (1953) I. 638 For local colour he added that when you emphatically approve of an opinion you write ‘yes, sirree’ on it. 1927J. N. McIlwraith Kinsmen at War xxvii. 277 Yes, siree, our army's been going ashore plundering and destroying helpless villages all along the sea-coast of the United States. 1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) xxiv. 203 Yes siree bob, life is just a bowl of cherries. |