| 释义 |
payos, n. pl. Chiefly N. Amer.|ˈpeɪəs|
Also payas, peyas, peyiss, etc.
[a. Yiddish peyes, f. Heb. pē'ōṯ, pl. of pē'āh corner: see Lev. xix. 27.]
Uncut ear-locks worn by male Orthodox Jews.
1898I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto iv. 144 Even the Piyos, or ear-lock, hung again down the side of the face. 1936Menorah Jrnl. XXIV. 231 Seated around tables..were some fifty Chassidim, old bearded men with ‘peyas and shtreimel’. 1958N. Levine Canada made Me xi. 217 Young boys in skull caps and payasan (long fine strands of hair flapping in front of the ears, like spaniels). 1972C. Potok My Name is Asher Lev viii. 207 ‘He is a prodigy, Anna. A prodigy in payos.’ ‘Payos?’..‘The hair you are gaping at, the earlocks.’ 1973R. L. Simon Big Fix (1974) v. 39 The streets were crowded with Orthodox Jews in payas. 1976‘Trevanian’ Main i. 5 An old Chasidic Jew with peyiss, shtreimel level on his head, long black coat scrupulously brushed, returns home from work. 1983Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 30 Oct. 55/1 His eyes leap back and forth between the salesmen in..yarmulkas and payess behind the glass showcase. |