| 释义 |
ould|aʊld|
a representation of an Ir. pronunciation of old a.
c1675Purgatorium Hibernicum (MS. 470, Nat. Libr. Ireland) 100 Singing ‘Ould Rose’ and ‘Tory Rory’. 1803G. Colman John Bull ii. ii. 17 I'm as aisy as an ould glove. 1829G. Griffin Collegians I. vii. 153 O, wirra, Eily! this is the black day to your ould father. c1874D. Boucicault in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 174 This cabin where the remains of the ‘ould family’, two lonely girls, live. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 8 The ould counthry. 1936‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death iii. 46 She's a bit of an ould stick, but there's no harm in her. 1970S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 152 From the moment I had first set foot on the Ould Sod I had yearned to pick up a typical sample of the local crafts. 1977Time 12 Dec. 30/1 Overseas Chinese may not want to go back to live in the People's Republic any more than a U.S. enthusiast for Ireland wants to live on the Ould Sod. |