| 释义 |
bejesus, int.|bɪˈdʒiːzəs|
Also (esp. Anglo-Irish) bejasus |-ˈdʒeɪzəs|.
An alteration of the oath by Jesus. Also as n. in phr. to beat the bejesus out of, to give a good hiding to.
1908Dialect Notes III. 290 Bejazus, interj., a mild expletive: often used in the phrase ‘Faith and bejasus!’ 1934A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 258 My partner..will..beat the be-Jesus out of you. 1949‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xv. 136, I know men who'd beat the bejasus out of you for that. 1956J. D. Carr P. Butler for Defence iv. 38 ‘Oh, bejasus!’ roared the Irishman. 1960Guardian 28 Feb. 8/3 She would put her fingers in her ears and scream: ‘Bejasus, will ye stop it?’ |