| 释义 |
‖ ciao, int.|ˈtʃao, Anglicized tʃaʊ|
[It., dial. alteration of schiavo (I am your) slave, f. med.L. sclavus slave.]
An informal Italian greeting or farewell (also affected as a fashionable expression by English speakers): hello, good-bye.
1929E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms iii. 18 ‘Ciaou!’ he said. ‘What kind of time did you have?’ 1961‘I. T. Ross’ Requiem for Schoolgirl x. 172 ‘I'll tell him,’ he said. ‘Ciao.’ 1965C. Glyn Love & Joy in Mabillon xviii. 134 ‘You're going?’ Chantal asked... ‘Yes. Ciao’, said Theo and went out. 1970S. Hazzard Bay of Noon x. 152 Crowds of children were swimming off the rocks along the Posillipo... They sometimes looked up to us and waved, and she waved back or called out ‘Ciao,’ while I set out a jug and glasses on a table between us. 1980‘C. Birdwell’ Amazons xi. 269, I heard Floss ask Murray, ‘When did New Yorkers stop saying ciao?’ |