| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ nu, int.|nuː|
[Yiddish, f. Russ. nu well, well now.]
An exclamation variously used to express interrogation, surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. i. ii. 52 ‘Nu, Pesach, another glass of rum,’ said Mr. Beleovitch genially. 1945A. Kober Parm Me 134 ‘Nu,’ she said, ‘is lust by you the tunk, you can't give a person a hello when you coming home?’ 1967C. Potok Chosen vii. 139 ‘Nu,’ Reb Saunders said, smiling, ‘how should you not know that?’ 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 268 Nu is so very Yiddish an interjection that it has become the one word which can identify a Jew. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish ii. 155 Growing impatience makes for Nu-nu? and nu-nu-nu? 1971D. Meiring Wall of Glass xvii. 147 Nu? thought Geyra, So what?
▪ II. nu
obs. form of new a. and now. |