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单词 ely
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elyv.

Forms:

α. 1800s ailie, 1800s ellie, 1800s ely, 1800s– eelie, 1900s aillie.

β. Roxburghshire 1900s yeelie, 1900s yillee, 1900s yillie.

Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic èalaidh.
Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic èalaidh escapes (Early Irish élaid escapes, evades, absconds < the combining stem (as a second element in certain syntactic contexts) of as-luí , in the same senses; < as- (cognate with classical Latin ex- ex- prefix1) + -luí, the stem (in prefixed verbs) of luïd moves, further etymology uncertain).The β. forms show the development of a palatal on-glide. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈely.
Scottish (chiefly southern).
1. intransitive. To disappear gradually from sight.
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1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 183 When the sun and the world have elyed away.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 36 It elyed away o'er the brow, an' I saw nae mair o't.
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2. To drop off one by one, as a company does that disperses imperceptibly (Jamieson).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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